NotAfraid

=//Not Afraid of Dogs// by Susanna Pitzer=

Summary
Daniel insists that he is not afraid of dogs - he just doesn't like them.

Reviews

 * **Mrs. Cook's class:** The pictures had a lot detail and showed an interesting setting. When the dog howled, the word for the howl was in a wavy line instead of just straight. The illustrator really showed us how scared Daniel was by drawing him on a light pole. The pictures of the dog were cute. The colors were bright except at night and then they were bluish. The original idea of a boy being afraid of dogs wasn't very realistic.
 * **Mrs. Sharpley's class:** We liked that the boy faced his fears. It teaches a lesson that even if you are afraid you should be brave and face your fears. We liked the end when he snuggled up in bed with the dog. Since he likes to brag about how brave he is, it's nice that at the end he really can say that he is brave. We liked how the pictures were realistic. The puppy was cute. The front cover is funny where it shows the boy on the lamppost. Some of us didn't like that the boy sounded kind of cocky at the beginning when he said he was the bravest boy of all.
 * **Mrs. Thrall's class:** We liked how the author used the pattern of repeating the same ideas a few times, and then it changed at the end. The illustrator did a good job drawing the dogs in a realistic way. We liked how the author used different words to show different emotions. We liked the funny cover with the boy climbing up the lamppost. We liked the way the author used details. It was funny how the boy kept saying he wasn't afraid of dogs, but the way he acted you could tell he was. We liked how the illustrator told a lot about the story through the pictures and used a lot of detail. We liked how the name Bandit was the name of the dog, but it could also mean a robber. We liked at the end when the boy and the dog became friends. We liked the picture on the back cover of the police officer with the hot dog because it was funny.
 * **Mrs. Cole's class:** We liked that this book was about dogs. We liked how the author showed us how the boy felt instead of just telling us. We liked how the author kind of surprised us at the end when the boy started to like dogs. We liked how the illustrations went with the story. We liked how it showed realistic actions between the brother and sister.
 * **Mrs. Luffman's class:** We liked the ending when the boy let the dog sleep with him because it showed how he had changed. We liked how the illustrator used the pictures to help tell the story. We liked the part when the boy held the dog because it showed that he was brave. We liked how the dog tried to jump in the bathtub because it was kind of funny. We liked how the front cover shows the boy on the lamppost because it was funny, too. We liked how the dog was hiding behind the toiled and surprised the boy because it surprised us, too. Some of us thought that the illustrator could have drawn the eyes better.