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| Ivan the Terrier | 
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| Creator: Peter Catalanotto
Publisher: Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books
Category: Book
List Price: $16.99
Buy New: $6.80
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 44881
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 9.1 x 0.3
ISBN: 1416912479
EAN: 9781416912477
ASIN: 1416912479
Publication Date: September 18, 2007
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Product Description
Ivan loves a good story. Like that one about the three bears or those three gruff billy goats. Where else can a dog find such playmates action fun... or a cookie? Ivan's own good story lands him just where he loves to be. In your lap.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 Long Live the Terrier September 1, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Peter Catalanotto's IVAN THE TERRIER brings a breath of fresh air to the multiplicity of fractured fairy tales that dot the landscape of children's literature. This deceptively simple story is a treasure trove for all, children, parents, teachers, and dog lovers everywhere. The joyful, interactive text is seamlessly synthesized with beautiful paintings that are filled with visual clues as the story unfolds. Ivan, a feisty Jack Russell, demands his own story by consistently interrupting the narrator's attempt to tell traditional fairy tales. Ivan's antics to stop the stories always elicits laughter and cheers from children of all ages. But alas when he finally achieves his goal, Ivan is too tired to care. The final page shows him trundling off to bed. Children easily identify with Ivan and they instinctively know he'll try again. IVAN THE TERRIER appeals to children on many levels: it is a laugh out loud story, the art is beautiful and filled with new discoveries on each viewing, and
every child has faced frustration trying to make his/her wishes known.
As a children's librarian who works in classrooms regularly, I have used this book with Head Start, elementary and middle school children, as well as with educators. It is always a crowd pleaser, but it is also an excellent book for older children to use as a jumping off point for writing their own fractured fairy tales, and for even older children, the ending is a classic way of explaining the concept of irony.
IVAN THE TERRIER is a treasure for children to read and read again, and a treasure trove for educators of older children. Peter Catalanotto has created a book that should become a classic.
Oh Ivan! June 27, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a very cute book for a child who likes dogs and nursery rhymes. Toddlers and up will love seeing what trouble this ill mannered dog brings to the traditional stories they know and love.
 One of the worst children's books ever written June 6, 2008
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is listed as being for ages 2-5. It's too painful to read this garbage to my child. Author should try again, maybe next time with something that resembles a coherent story. Couldn't hold the interest of a 2 year old, let alone a 5 year old. Very frustrating.
Ivan the Terrier May 5, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
What a great book! It is so funny and interesting!!! The beginning was a complete surprise! My niece laughed the whole time I read the book. If you have a terrier of any kind...you have to read this book!
My 2 1/2 year-old loves it! (me,too!) April 5, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
My duaghter just loves this book. She doesn't totally get it because she only knows one of the bedtime tales that Ivan interrupts so far (the three bears) but she thinks the others are funny, all the same. It is a book she will grow with, as she learns the other stories. She loves to anticipate what will happen on the next page, and joins in scolding Ivan. We have fun reading it with her. When she isn't reading it, she still brings up Ivan's antics in conversation. As for me, I love the illustrations.
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