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Rufus has been dreaming of getting a dog. His best friend has one. His worst friend has one. But his dad has a few objections: They whine. They gnaw. They bark. They scratch. They beg. They drool.
Rufus pays no attention when his mom offers her think-outside-the-box suggestion, because she can't be serious. She can't be.
She can be. And she actually comes home with a guinea pig. And if Rufus's dad thinks dogs are a problem, he won't know what hit him when he meets the Guinea Pig that Thinks She's a Dog. She barks. She bites. She'll eat your homework.
- Sales Rank: #65552 in Books
- Brand: Egmont USA
- Published on: 2011-04-26
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.65" h x .59" w x 5.36" l, .39 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 208 pages
From School Library Journal
Gr 2-4–Fifth-grader Rufus's only wish is to get a dog, but his work-at-home dad objects. He lists numerous reasons, including that dogs lick people's faces, chase cars, and eat dead things. Rufus's mom brings home a guinea pig instead in an attempt to fulfill her son's desire for a pet. To his surprise, the guinea pig, which he names Fido, acts like a dog. She obeys his commands and chews his dad's shoes. When Rufus's family decides to return the animal to the pet store, a classmate is willing to buy her to replace her hamster. But Rufus begins to have second thoughts about relinquishing the guinea pig. Although no explanation is given for why Fido behaves like a dog, children will have no problem accepting the absurdity of the situation. Early chapter-book readers will enjoy this humorous tale.Sarah Polace, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Parma, OH
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From Booklist
Jennings' salute to kids who get less (and more) than they ask for offers a unique and hilarious take on boy-dog bonding. Fifth-grader Rufus begs for a dog, but because Dad says no (in an enumerated list), Mom brings home a guinea pig. Rufus is disappointed, and Dad is annoyed, but because the pet shop has vanished, they are stuck with a rodent that barks, fetches sticks, whines, and licks faces. Rufus is both embarrassed (what will his friends think?) and charmed by Fido's doglike behaviors; the scale finally tips in the pig's direction when he executes a perfect, Lassie-like rescue of his master. As he did in Faith and the Electric Dogs (1996) and more recently in We Can't All Be Rattlesnakes (2009), Jennings injects magic realism into a story filled with believable yet flawed characters, resulting in a satisfying story. Short, manageable chapters; a breezy, conversational style; and identifiable characters (the bully, the show-off, the obsessive stay-at-home dad) make this a good choice for readers making the transition to chapter books. Grades 3-5. --Kay Weisman
About the Author
Patrick Jennings blasted onto the children's book scene with his critically acclaimed Faith and the Electric Dogs, which received numerous starred reviews and is now in film development. Guinea Dog was called "a very funny book...would be particularly great for fifth-grade boys." by wired.com. Now that his children are middle-grade age, he has turned his focus to writing funny, easily accessible stories that will appeal to middle-schoolers. A former resident of Bisbee, Arizona, Jennings now lives in Washington State.
You can visit him online at www.patrickjennings.com.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
Hilarious
By CJW
This book is great fun for both the parent and the child. My son hates to read and doesn't care to be read to, but this book has changed that. He impatiently asks me to read him "Guinea Dog" each night. The school yard scene with the guinea pig chasing Rufus made us laugh so hard we had to stop and catch our breath before we could continue. We will definitely be looking for more books by Patric Jennings to read.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
We can't all be golden retrievers
By E. R. Bird
Right over here! Look this way! Over here! TWEET! You looking? Yeah, so right over we've got ourselves a Patrick Jennings fan. Yup. Patrick Jennings. The guy who wrote that fantastic "We Can't All Be Rattlesnakes", along with approximately a hundred other books. You've read him, right? No? Well that's fine with me. It's like when you discover this cool underground band, and you get to be their biggest fan all by yourself. It's great. You walk around with this knowledge in your head of, "I am into something incredible that only I know about." That's how it is with Patrick Jennings and me. Problem is, I keep recommending his books to the kids in my library. And if I keep this up, I may end up unexpectedly creating a whole host of Jennings fans. Then he'll get hugely popular and go mainstream and I'll have to share him with the rest of the world. After all, he's a fantastic author who writes primarily animal books (not many folks do that these days, y'know) and who's latest title "Guinea Dog" is just about the most fun you can get out of a book about a guinea pig with ambitions.
"My dream of a dog died then and there. Instead, I was the proud owner/caretaker of a plump, punk guinea sow. Like, yippee." Rufus is a pretty easy guy to figure out. He wants a dog. A dog is all his wants, in fact. His father, unfortunately, is dead set against this idea, and what Rufus's dad says goes. That is, until the day Rufus's mom brings home a guinea pig as a kind of compromise. Rufus is not impressed, nor is his dad, but this guinea pig, dubbed Fido, is hardly normal. She pants. She fetches. She plays dead on command. And ever so slowly, while dealing with some best friend issues at school, Rufus starts to see the advantages to having a pet that isn't exactly like everyone else's.
Now the dialogue in this book is nothing short of divine. Snarky kids are not easy to write. Not so as they sound like real kids anyway. And Jennings has created a particularly smart alecky type of kid. Fortunately he's old enough to believably come up with the lines put in his mouth. Some of my favorites include the moment when Fido starts making too much noise and Rufus's dad asks what the racket is. "I pointed at Fido. `Why, it's the quiet, clean pet Mom bought me'." I like that Jennings feels no need to telegraph that line by inserting an "I said sarcastically". He shows, and doesn't tell, this author. In terms of descriptions Rufus says of himself that he has, "a neck that could stop growing any time without any complaint from me." He says of his father, "That's what Dad can do to you. He can make you forget you have a chubby rat in a sack on your back." And he later mentions that since he's a better staller than a liar, "Maybe one day I'll write my own book: The Complete Dork's Guide to Hemming and Hawing."
It's interesting to see where Jennings puts his point of view in his stories. In the aforementioned "We Can't All Be Rattlesnakes" the hero of the book was Crusher, a snake. She was inclined to view the world with a particularly snakey take. "Guinea Dog", in contrast, is entirely from Rufus (the boy's) point of view. The guinea pig is left as a kind of a mysterious entity. Her thoughts are her own, hidden from human understanding. Jennings also isn't afraid of creating female animals in his books. The heroine of "We Can't All Be Rattlesnakes" was a lady snake. In this book Fido is a female guinea pig (dog). I'm sure you could make all kinds of interesting psychological interpretations of what a boy/female pet pairing really means, but all I care is that we're getting some strong girl characters in our kids' books. Even if those girls do happen to be covered in scales and fur.
The little details are what I like best of all, though. We have finally gotten to the point in children's literature where parents have jobs like editing golf online magazines from home. So that was a realistic, not to say contemporary, detail that I appreciated. I also loved that Rufus's hobby was collecting Scrabble tiles.
Not that there weren't a couple moments that didn't entirely gel with the rest of the book. For example, there was a time when I was confused about Rufus's devotion to his new pet. One minute he's dead set against having Fido adopted by a girl in his class. Next minute he's saying, "I didn't want them - especially Mom - to have any extra reasons to want to keep her [the guinea pig]." It didn't happen very often, but once in a while I was confused.
The book would actually pair bee-autifully with "Wishworks, Inc." by Stephanie Tolan. In that early chapter book too a boy wants a beautiful, strong, independent dog of his own... and ends up with an unexpected pet instead. At least you can say that Rufus got himself a better behaved breed of dog-wannabe. And since 2010 is the year for good guinea pig-related literature, you might also pair it with "Hamster and Cheese" by Colleen AF Venable. That female guinea pig has more of a bedhead hairdo, however, while Fido's hair is described as having a punk rock look.
"Guinea Dog" does not contain a big story arc, all things considered. That is fine. Not every book has to include an epic quest or enormous fights between characters. Jennings thinks that we'll be content with this tale of a boy trying to understand both his best friend and his new pet, and he's right. We really are content with that. We're content because the writing is strong, the characters a lot of fun, and the story just plain enjoyable. You don't need to be a fan of guinea pigs to enjoy this book. Heck, you don't need to be a fan of dogs either for that matter. All you need to be a fan of is fun books for kids. Books that everyone can enjoy. Consider this a great readaloud for classes, or for kids who are comfortable with chapter book but are scared of 200+ page tomes. There's a little bit of something everyone can enjoy in this newest Jennings number.
Ages 7-11
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Great book for a 5th grader book club
By Valleygurlz
My daughter's book club read this book. The club is a group of 5th graders. Her review was that book started off slow, but the middle and end of the story was awesome. The book provided a nice discussion and was fun to read. All of the girls in the book club enjoyed the book and said they would recommend it to others.
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