Art Dog
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"A museum gaurd by day and a closet artist by the light of a full moon, Art Dog has an instinct for art the enables him to save a valuable painting stolen from the Dogopolis Art Museum. Syncopated percussion and ambient city sounds jazz up Thacher Hurd's fanciful, 1996 story in which the lowly gaurd earns his own longed-for museum exhibition. In an imaginative tale laced with magical realism and evoked with dashing lines and swathes of color, Art Dog comes alive in this expressively narrated, buoyantly produced adaptation."

"A dog--man's best friend. If that is true, then imagine the level of friendship children share with canines. This four read-alongs is sure to please every kid who loves dogs. Part mystery, part parody, ART DOG will especially tickle kids who know a bit of art history. Arthur Dog guards famous paintings by Vincent Van Dog and Leonardo Dog Vinci at the Dogopolis Museum of Art by day. By night, he transforms into Art Dog and saves the day when the Mona Whoofa is stolen. Funky jazz, realistic sound effects of street scenes and museum openings, and the exaggerated strokes of brushes enhance the mystery and the appeal."