Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers

by Laura Joffe Numeroff and Joe Mathieu

Book Overview

Dogs don't wear sneakers, pigs don't wear hats, and dresses look silly on Siamese cats.

Animals would look pretty silly doing a lot of the things that people do all the time. The unlikely combinations in Laura Numeroff's cheerful rhymes and Joe Mathieu's bright, zany pictures will make you laugh out loud. What sort of crazy creatures can you dream up?

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671795252
• ISBN13: 9780671795252
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 10.4"
• Age Range: 3 to 6 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 1

Customer Reviews

Overpriced

I was really excited to get a book from my childhood for my son. I paid $5.00 before shipping and wanted a hardcover copy. I ended up getting a small paperback "Stories To Go" version. Which is ok, until I saw the $0.99 sticker on the back over the original barcode. I've always bought textbooks from here with no issue and am happy to have the correct story this time, but disappointed by how much I paid.

The illustrator makes the book...

I've been a fan of Joe Mathieu's work since I read "Big Joe's Trailer Truck" as a kid. And when my brothers bought "The Giant Book of Strange but True Sports Stories" (both first & second editions) I would sneak into their bedroom and lay around reading both of them, admiring his illustrations for hours. Now I'm happy to say my 18 month old son enjoys his work as well, with the Gnu House being a particular favorite! This book is so clearly illustrator-driven, there are few who could handle such wacky sentences with such style and fun as Mr. Mathieu.

FUN AND ADORABLE

This is an adorable rhyming book about what animals don't do (example: rabbits don't sunbath on a beach, frogs don't catch a cab on a date, bears don't have bathtubs in a cave, etc.). At the end, you get to decide what animals can do in your imagination and dreams. It's written by the author or the series, If You Give a Moose a Muffin/ Mouse a Cookie. The rhymes are great and the illustrations make it all the more fun. It's just an all around silly and fun rhyming book to read to your child. Great book!.

animal behavoir

Do animals wear clothes, take baths or have jobs? Find out in this delighful humorous book with hilarious illustrations that rhymes as it goes along. Enjoyable to read and perfect for little ones that loose interest quickly.

A WONDERFUL book by a great author

My kids love Laura Numeroff books anyway, but this has to be one of their all time favorites. My two-year-old quotes this book all the time, and if we ever want to make her laugh, we just recite a few verses. It is perfect for bedtime, and one that definitely belongs in every child's library. The illustrations are wonderful, too.

Perfect Nonsense!

Laura Joffe Numeroff has a flair for the ridiculous. This charming tale gives the reader a serious case of the giggles from beginning to end. The illustrations are priceless as well. You will read this one again and again!