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| Albert, the Dog Who Liked to Ride in Taxis | 
 enlarge | Author: Cynthia Zarin
Creator: Pierre Pratt
Publisher: Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books
Category: Book
List Price: $17.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (1 reviews)
Sales Rank: 433441
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 10.1 x 0.4
ISBN: 0689847629
EAN: 9780689847622
ASIN: 0689847629
Publication Date: January 6, 2004
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Always Albert hopes for rain. On rainy days Mrs. Crabtree takes him with her for taxi rides. So much better than walks.One day -- brilliantly sunny, for a surprise -- Albert hops a taxi alone. More than one taxi, actually. You will never guess where he goes!
Amazon.com Review
Albert, an urban dachshund, has a real weakness for taxis. This yen is limited to rides with his human mistress--until the day he sneaks into a taxi on his own. It's a slippery slope from there. Soon he's hopping taxis all over town, planning adventures to the Kalahari Desert, California, and beyond. Eventually Albert winds up at the airport and discovers "astonishing airplanes" that look like giant white birds and his allegiance to the earthbound yellow cars is challenged. Pierre Pratt's wonderful, thick paintings work hard to make up for the sometimes bewildering, often overwhelming swaths of Cynthia Zarin's text. A ruthless editor could pare this story down to a charming dog-in-the-city tale; as it is, there are too many gratuitous characters and tangents for a young reader's plot-driven mind. A better bet would be Anne Gutman and Georg Hallensleben's Gaspard and Lisa series (Lisa in New York, Gaspard on Vacation, etc.). Still, for children who don't mind just going with the flow, following a high-strung pooch all around Manhattan, this is an entertaining and imaginative little romp. (Ages 4 to 8) --Emilie Coulter
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| Customer Reviews:
Pretty good book, but a little long November 5, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This books is just about right for 4-7 year olds, although it can be a little long for today's attention span. My 4 year old barely made it through the middle of the book, but held on and really liked the end. This is a great book for kids if they're interested in dogs, New York city, taxis, or all of the above.
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