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Dear Mrs. Larue: Letters from Obedience School (Indies Choice Book Awards. Best New Picture Book) (Hardcover)

by Mark Teague (Author, Illustrator)
5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 32 pages
  • Publisher: Scholastic Press (Sep 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0439206634
  • ISBN-13: 978-0439206631
  • Product Dimensions: 31 x 23.6 x 1.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 564,071 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Ike Fights back!, 28 Nov 2006
By Muireann Antick (Hackney, London, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dear Mrs.LaRue;Letters from Obedience School (Paperback)
This book has fantastic pictures and a really cool main character. I love it. Most stories are told by humans but this one is told by a very smart dog who is called Ike. He tells us what happened after he ate his owners chicken pie and got sent to Obedience School. It is a great story for girls and boys even if they can't read all by themselves as there are so many good pitures. I was 5 when i read it first and I still love it now even though i am now 7.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I like Ike, and so will most children and their parents, 1 Jan 2004
By Daniel Jolley "darkgenius" (Shelby, North Carolina USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dear Mrs.LaRue;Letters from Obedience School (Paperback)
When I came across this book, I knew I had to read it. A dog writing letters home from dog obedience school? How can this not be an enjoyable book? Poor, misunderstood Ike has been sent off to the Igor Brotweiler Canine Academy by his harried owner Mrs. Gertrude R. LaRue. Ike does what any dog would do in such a situation; he tries to make his owner feel so guilty about putting him there that she will come and get him. He does have a point of sorts, as the straw that broke the camel's (or, in this case, Mrs. LaRue's) back has two very different sides to it. As the days pass, Ike becomes defensive, then he changes tactics in an effort to show his owner how much she needs him back. Will poor Ike ever see his home again? Will he never again be able to munch on another one of Mrs. LaRue's apple pies? Perish the thought.

This book is aimed at children four to eight years old, although parents and weird adults like me should also get a kick out of it. The letters are funny, and one could – if one were so inclined – make an object lesson out of comparing Ike's situation with that of a misbehaving child, but the big sell here is really the pictures. Each page is graced with vivid illustrations contrasting the reality of Ike's life at the Academy with the melodramatic visions of oppression and misery he tries to convey in his letters to Mrs. LaRue. If you are looking for that special book to convince your young child that reading is fun, Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School may well be that book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Dear Mrs. LaRue, 19 Nov 2002
By William S. Carl (Saint Peters, Missouri United States) - See all my reviews
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I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves dogs. It is a book for children 4 to 8 years of age. I am 40 years old and I love it. The book is about Ike the dog and his mistress Mrs. LaRue. Ike is a troublesome sort. He chases the neighbor cats up onto a fire escape in the middle of January and says that they are a little melodramatic. He writes his mistress every day saying how awful conditions are at this prison known as a obedience school. In fact this is a dog's paradise. It has saunas and swimming pools. The dogs get treated like royalty. Very good reading for children and adults alike.
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