Dogs Don't Tell Jokes

by Louis Sachar

Book Overview

GARY W. BOONE knows he was born to be a stand-up comedian. It's the rest of the kids in his class who think he's just a goon. Then the Floyd Hicks Junior High School Talent Show is announced, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679833722
• ISBN13: 9780679833727
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Yearling Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

The Title Is All Wrong---This Is A Great, Honest Story

This book has nothing to do with dogs not telling jokes. I think that may have been one of Gary's jokes, but really it has absolutely no relation to the story. (I'm Louis Sachar's biggest fan---he's such an awesome writer---but I wish he would work on picking out titles for his stories!)Gary Boon is an outcast who can't stop telling jokes. The story isn't as simple as it might sound... As you read, you can find reasons for Gary being the way he is. He calls himself "Goon", with the "G" from Gary and the "oon" from Boon, and his best friend is Angeline from the book Someday Angeline (which is the best book ever writen, by the way). Gary enters in the school talent show to finally be appreciated for his "talent" of telling jokes. Most of Gary's jokes are corny, but you'll still laugh at his efforts... And soon it's apparent that he'd just like to fit in. Like everyone else.

Dogs Don't tell Jokes

One of the best books that I read this year would be Dogs Don't tell Jokes by Louis Sachar. This book was my favorite because it had a lot of different types of conflict. One is when Gary first found out about the talent show. He was having a really hard time to find out who he could sign up with. Then he just kept asking the kids at his school if they knew how to sign up. Then he finally comes to this girl named Brenda and she said, that he could sign up with his teacher. Finally he goes to his teacher and said to put his name on the list for the talent show. She said that he was the first one to sign up. That is just one of the reasons why this book is my favorite. Another reasons why this book is my favorite is when his parents told him that they would give him one hundred dollars if he would stop telling his jokes. He had to stop telling them until the talent show which was four weeks away. They said, that they were getting tired of hearing the same jokes over and over. They also said, that if he keeps telling them that people would have already heard them and they wouldn't won't to hear them again. His dad told him that today he repeated one of his jokes to one of customers. Gary said, that he would do it. he wouldn't won't say any more until the talent show. Then my favorite one is when he's at the talent Show. When he comes out, he had a suit and a hat that was tight on his head. He had this thing that made his hair look like he had shaved it. then in one part of his act he wrapped a bath towel around him. He said, that the soap that he used is what made him bold. Then he starts off telling more of his jokes. He still has on the bath towel. Then he would start talking about the soap again. Then he would start talking about something else. He would just keep going back and fourth from one thing to another. He would never finish one of his jokes. That is why I think that you should read the book to find out the rest.

Ha-Ha-Ha!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gary Boone likes to tell jokes. He thinks they are funny. Whenever he is talking to someone, he tells a joke, but no one thinks they are funny. But when a talent show is announced at his school, he starts on making his routine everyday to make it perfect. Then his mom and dad said that if he didn't tell a joke until the talent show, he would get 100 dollars. But since he didn't think his jokes were funny, he quit. But an incident caused him to change his mind. I found this really great after a few chapters. It is the funniest book I have read. Don't put down this book!!!!!!!!!! The characters have a big plot in this book. I think this book is good for all ages. Read it by yourself or with someone.

Dogs Don't tell Jokes

I chose this book because of the title "Dogs Don't Tell Jokes." I thought this book would be about this girl that was telling dogs jokes. This book is about a kid whose name is Gary W. Boone, and he really wants to enter a talent show but then he finds out that he is the only one signed up for it. I liked this book because the boy is really funny, but I also liked this book because the boy is really lucky. He will get $100 from his parents if he doesn't tell jokes for two weeks. I recommend this book for 4th-8th graders.

Dog's Don't Tell Jokes is a wounderful and exciting book.

This book has a great way of explaining that you can go for your dreams and that just because you don't have the same dreams as the other kids, so what! This book also tells about a boy who is "teased" for his dream for wanting to be a comedian. This book is worth 5 *****(stars)