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The Poky Little Puppy (A Little Golden Book Classic) | 
 enlarge | Author: Janette Sebring Lowrey
Creator: Gustaf Tenggren
Publisher: Golden Books
Category: Book
List Price: $2.99
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Rating:  42 reviews
Sales Rank: 4060
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
Pages: 24
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 6.7 x 0.2
ISBN: 0307021343
UPC: 033500021343
EAN: 9780307021342
ASIN: 0307021343
Publication Date: April 1, 2001
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Condition: ACCEPTABLE. Readable but with wear to cover and binding (intact). May contain notes and highlighting or aging paper tanning. We support occupational training for young adults transitioning from state care to independent living.
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Product Description
One of the original 12 Little Golden Books, The Poky Little Puppy has sold nearly 15 million copies since 1942, making it one of the most popular children’s books of all time. Now this curious little puppy is ready to win the hearts and minds of a new generation of kids.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 37 more reviews...
 Addresses an important issue March 10, 2003
Ian David Golder (Sacramento, CA)
32 out of 39 found this review helpful
This was the first children's book to write honestly about the issue of pokyness. The subject is introduced in a gentle manner so as not to unduly embarrass a young listener who is struggling with pokyness. As someone else put it, "the puppy is the child who has failed to progress beyond the mirror-stage, surely." I couldn't agree more, or recommend this more highly for any parents with poky children.
It may not be a Caldecott Winner... November 16, 2004
Jena (New York, NY United States)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
...but the Poky Little Puppy is beloved by children of every generation. Early this summer I saw "Poky Little Puppy" t-shirts for adults being sold at a popular national retail chain near NYU. A few weeks later I still couldn't stop thinking about it, so I went back to buy one. They were all sold out. The store manager (who also was in his 30s) told me that all of their stores were sold out, both retail and online. People kept coming in asking if there was a wait list. I asked him if they were all college students, but he surprised me by saying that there were a fair number of adults. We started talking about our favorite books as children, and both had a good laugh over the fact that we'd loved the Poky Little Puppy as much as any of the classics by Sendak or Silverstein, but that as adults, we'd become blind adherents to the ratings, erroneously assuming that the Poky Little Puppy wasn't "real" children's literature because it won no awards or praise from the critics. As I was walking out, I turned and asked him if he remembered the book's refrain whenever the puppies rolled down the hill. He grinned and, in unison, we both said: "And down they went to see, roly-poly, pell-mell, tumble-bumble, till they came to the green grass; and there they stopped short." Needless to say, this book now has a place on the bookshelf of every child in my family--and they all love it just as much as I did.
An ambitious and successful intellectual biography of a pokey puppy September 13, 2005
K. Moe Dee (Florida, MO USA)
7 out of 14 found this review helpful
In the realm of philosophical hermeneutical research, seldom has this reviewer come across such a taughtly and vivid example as "The Pokey Little Puppy." Dealing with complex topics such as, the meaning of Truth; Good vs. Evil; and cute lil' puppies; this book represents a complex glimpse into the brilliant mind of the protagonist. Not since James Joyce's "Ulysses" has the reader been rewarded by taking the time to read and digest the crunchy goodness of this watershed book.
I love this book! June 9, 1999
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is the sweetest little book. I read it when I was a little girl, and now I am going to buy it for my soon-to-be-born baby. I have always thought of the poky little puppy as a hero for the ones who stop to smell the roses.
 dated but still fun for little readers August 30, 2004
audrey (white mtns)
6 out of 11 found this review helpful
Originally published in 1942, this strange little story still appeals to beginning readers ready for a longer story. Colorful illustrations complement the tale of a mischievous puppy who manages to trick his siblings out of dessert two nights in a row -- can he pull off a hat trick? Maybe their mother will have omething to say about that! Personally, I think the story is goofy, but little ones enjoy it.
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