# Bad Dog - Hardcover

by **Mike Boldt** (Author)

****The differences between cats and dogs have never been funnier! In this hilarious story from the illustrator of _I Don't Want to Be a Frog,_ a little girl really, really wants a dog . . . but gets a cat instead!****

"Look what I got for my birthday! A pet dog!" says a little girl holding a . . . cat? Rocky doesn't listen or obey like all the other dogs. (Because Rocky is a cat.) And Rocky hates her leash and doesn't seem to like other dogs. (Probably because Rocky is a cat.) And rather than play fetch, Rocky prefers to . . . lick between her toes? _Ew_. Rocky is a bad "dog"! BUT Rocky doesn't bark, and is so cute when she sleeps in sunny spots. Maybe Rocky IS a good dog? (Or, you know, maybe Rocky is a cat.)

Cat lovers and dog lovers alike will howl with laughter at this little girl's willful insistence that her cat is a dog. The hilarious ways in which cats and dogs are different are brilliantly illuminated with each turn of the page and will leave young readers and their grown-ups giggling.  
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★ **Winner: Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award, 2021  
★ **Winner: North Carolina Children's Book Award, 2022  
★ **Winner: Wyoming Library Association Buckaroo Award, ********2021-22********  
**★ **Winner: Ontario Library Association Forest of Reading Blue Spruce Award, 2021  
******★ **Winner: Sakura Medal, Japan, 2022********  
****★ **Nominee: Indiana Early Literacy Firefly Award, 2022**************

### Author Biography

**MIKE BOLDT** is the _New York Times_ bestselling illustrator of _Just Try One Bite_ by Adam Mansbach and Camila Alves McConaughey. His numerous picture books include _I Don't Want to Be a Frog, Don't Eat Bees,_ _Bad Dog,_ and _Find Fergus_. When he's not drawing, he's building snow forts and Lego spaceships with his three kids at his home in rural Alberta, Canada, or sharing laughs and his ice cream with his wife. Follow Mike on Twitter at @MikeBoldt and on Instagram at @thatmikeboldt, and learn more about Mike at mikeboldt.ca.

**Number of Pages:** 40

**Dimensions:** 0.5 x 11.1 x 8.7 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** November 05, 2019

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Bad Dog

**Interest Level:** Lower Grades, K-3

**Reading Level:** 1.3

**Point Value:** 0.5

## Details

- **Price:** 18.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books by splitShops, Shopify Collective

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