Odd dog out / written and illustrated by Rob Biddulph.

Title:

Author:

Biddulph, Rob,

ISBN:

9780062367266

0062367269

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Publication Info:

New York, NY :

Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Summary:

In a busy city where all the dogs act and dress in a similar fashion, what would you do if you felt like you didn't fit in? In this rhyming story about acceptance and self-esteem, a unique dog ventures out to find her place in the world, only to discover that it's okay to be different and your friends and family will love you no matter what.

General Note:

"Originally published in the UK by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd."--Page facing title page.

Subject(s):

Dogs -- Juvenile fiction.

Individual differences -- Juvenile fiction.

Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction.

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Summary

AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH (DECEMBER 2019) SELECTION!

A heartwarming and poignant story from award-winning creator Rob Biddulph about the power of embracing your true colors. Perfect for fans of Peter Brown's Tiger Goes Wild.

It's a dog's life in the big, busy city, but there's one lonely pup who doesn't quite fit in. She behaves differently from the rest, sports rainbow in a sea of gray, and marches to the beat of her own drum.

She's one Odd Dog.

Join Odd Dog as she journeys to the other side of the world to find her place in it, only for her to discover that maybe she's meant to be right where she started.

And check out Rob Biddulph's other books for children, including:

Blown Away

The Grizzly Bear Who Lost His GRRRRR!

Author Notes

Rob Biddulph is a U.K children's author who won the overall and best illustrated book categories at the 2015 Waterstones Childrens Book Awards.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (3)

School Library Journal Review

PreS-Gr 2--In a city of nearly identical dachshunds dressed in the same striped suits, or as clad as "swimmer[s], sailor[s], soldier[s], scout[s]," one dog "is dancing to a different beat." Unlike the other canines, this one wears a colorful scarf and a beanie, and insists on doing everything her way, whether it's throwing a soccer ball instead of kicking it, or playing a guitar when everyone else is playing violin. Feeling out of place, she decides to leave her hometown and find another place where she might fit in. After a long search, she comes to "Doggywood" where nearly every dog is exactly like her, but one. Initially feeling sad for this interloper, she learns instead to enjoy being unique. With this newfound wisdom, she returns to her hometown where all the other dogs decide to celebrate their differences as well. Biddulph's mixed media and digital illustrations feel dizzying at times with their mix of busy graphics and bright colors, but the patterned repetition of identical dogs serves well to highlight the nonconformity of the lone protagonist. VERDICT Though the message of this story itself isn't terribly unique, it is a positive riff on the "be yourself" theme told in pleasant rhymes that can find a place in many collections.--Yelena Voysey, formerly at Pickering Educational Library, Boston University

Publisher's Weekly Review

One of these things is not like the other in this orderly dachshund universe. In repeating patterns of pups--business hounds in suit, tie, and bowler; a team of striped doggy footballers; a crew of swimmers in polka-dot caps--"they all blend in. No dog stands out." Except for Odd Dog, who dons a rainbow scarf with matching hat and is conspicuous in every otherwise homogenous crowd. Feeling "on her own and out of place," she packs her case and hits the road for "Doggywood," a bustling city of dogs that align with her aesthetics. After expressing pity for a sweater-sporting outlier who reveals a fondness for standing out, Odd Dog realizes her folly and heads for home, where her absence, meanwhile, has taught her peers to individuate themselves. In cheery colors and upbeat rhyme, Biddulph writes an inviting narrative of self-discovery interwoven with tidy images of dachshunds of all sorts. Ages 4--8. (Dec.)

Booklist Review

Readers who find wiener dogs funny to look at will be rolling in the aisles, as Biddulph packs his digitally painted pages with hundreds of them some rushing along like linked sausages in business suits, others tightly queued up in identical costumes. One pooch, with a taste for knit caps and scarves, dances to a different beat. Despairing of ever fitting in, she wraps herself up and trots off to Fabulous Doggywood, where she finds a hundred others just like me! But then she meets a dapper dachshund who sees being ""odd dog out"" differently, telling her in a (contradictory) pair of couplets: You've got it wrong. / I really feel like I belong. / I love to stand out from the crowd! / And so should you. Stand tall. Be proud. The claim that standing out is a kind of fitting in may cause some head-scratching, but the self-affirmative message is clear enough, and its final explicit statement is printed in rainbow colors for, perhaps, an oblique tribute to another kind of difference.--John Peters Copyright 2019 Booklist