Benjy's Dog House

by Margaret Bloy Graham

Book Overview

Unwilling to sleep in his new doghouse, Benjy looks elsewhere for a nighttime home. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060220848
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: Harper & Row
• Length: 31 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Benjy's Dog House

Benjy was as happy as he could be. Every night he would curl up next to Linda or Jimmy and go to sleep. Then one day Father decides that Benjy is old enough to sleep outside in a dog house. Father, Mother, Linda, and Jimmy all help in turning the old apple barrel into a dog house for Benjy. But Benjy doesn't want to sleep outside, so he gets up and goes looking for somewhere else to sleep. Eventually, he is welcomed by a friendly baker who feeds Benjy and fixes him a bed. From then on, Benjy spends his nights at the bakery, until one day when the baker's cat returns with kittens. The baker sadly tells Benjy that he will not be able to come there anymore. What will Benjy do now?This book is sure to be one of your favorites. I know it's one of mine.

Benjy's Dog House

This story was my favorite as a child! Who can't sympathize with poor little Benjy, who, after the tragic revelation by Father that he is a dog (and not a child like his owners, Jimmy and Linda), feels saddened by his new sleeping quarters away from his beloved family in the backyard doghouse. After several lonely evenings on the town, Benjy's family realizes he truly does belong at the feet of their children's beds.

Good Story/Good Illustrations

Benjy, the family dog, has been relegated to sleeping outside in a new doghouse that the family has built. But he doesn't want to sleep outside, feels unloved, and sets out exploring into the night. He takes up with a neighborhood baker who feeds him snacks, and gives him a warm place to spend his nights sleeping away from the family. Eventually, the baker has to put him out, but all is well since the faily decides he can sleep in the house again.