Dog Man Books

 Readers, I hope another blessed day is upon you! 

So, help me out here. I enjoy a graphic novel, I respect other's choices in reading graphic novels, reading IS reading. So whether you want a magazine, a biography, an instruction manual, I will not judge. With that being said, I was not a fan of Dog Man. My personal children think the Dog Man books are great. My school students LOVE dogman, they are hard to keep on the shelf! I took some time to sit down and read one of my daughter's favorites Dog Man and Cat Kid. I had to take a break about halfway through, it was not a difficult read I just needed to regroup, to just breathe and try to relax and enjoy the nonsense. Maybe that is my problem. I am not a nonsense-type person, as much as I try to be. I am laid back and can go with the flow, but I do crave order, organization, real-life to get lost in a book.  I can handle a LOT more nonsense at school than I can at home, so maybe the location in which I read Dog Man was my problem. I was sitting at home and not at school. Eniovnrment can play a factor in our reading.  

However, the story had a lot to offer. It had order, in fact, the plot altogether was good. The "animated scenes" where you flip the page back and forth quickly was a nice touch as was the directions on how to do that. I also love the fact that there are many positive themes thrown in the storyline, empathy, kindness, persistence, and being true to one's self. So for these reasons, I will gladly keep these books on shelves and I will continue from time to time, to brush up on my Dog Man knowledge by reading another book in the series. I will allow my children to continue reading books of their choice, though I do voluntarily throw out some fabulous book titles as options for their weekly library trips.  Maybe I will suddenly start barking up the Dav Pilkey tree!

Hopefully, Dav Pilkey was able to remind me to relax and enjoy the little things in life. 



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