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Gracie's Baby Chub Chop
…Baby Chub was full of flaws.
He had no tail, no fur, no paws.
He lay about
On back and tummy,
Sucking on
A rubber dummy.
His head was bald.
He had a rash.
He ate the most disgusting mash.
Baby Chub Chop has come to visit, bringing chaos in his wake. Gracie and Fabio have their doggy noses out of joint. Chub Chop is getting all the attention. What’s worse, Baby Chub Chop is just about to walk. The big moment comes when he is alone. On his first independent walk/rampage he breaks things, he hides things, and generally creates a mess. Who gets the blame? Not cute baby Chub Chop but innocent Gracie and Fabio.
It is up to Gracie to sniff out the clues and prove that Baby Chub Chop is the culprit.
Told in hilariously rhyming couplets in the tradition of Dr. Seuss, embellished with delightful illustrations, Gracie the hound, first introduced in My Sister Gracie, continues to win readers’ hearts from Iceland to Tasmania.
He had no tail, no fur, no paws.
He lay about
On back and tummy,
Sucking on
A rubber dummy.
His head was bald.
He had a rash.
He ate the most disgusting mash.
Baby Chub Chop has come to visit, bringing chaos in his wake. Gracie and Fabio have their doggy noses out of joint. Chub Chop is getting all the attention. What’s worse, Baby Chub Chop is just about to walk. The big moment comes when he is alone. On his first independent walk/rampage he breaks things, he hides things, and generally creates a mess. Who gets the blame? Not cute baby Chub Chop but innocent Gracie and Fabio.
It is up to Gracie to sniff out the clues and prove that Baby Chub Chop is the culprit.
Told in hilariously rhyming couplets in the tradition of Dr. Seuss, embellished with delightful illustrations, Gracie the hound, first introduced in My Sister Gracie, continues to win readers’ hearts from Iceland to Tasmania.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published August 24, 2004
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April 26, 2023
When a new baby -- Baby Chub Chop-- enters the family, everybody has doing just fine. For dogs Gracie and Fabio, it had been "a perfect life in every way."
Now? What a mess.
With a lighthearted touch, and contagiously catchy verse, the story moves all the way forward to earn its happy ending. (No spoiler from me, no no!)
Thank you, author and illustrator Gillian Johnson. It's an offbeat book and I find it delightful in its quirky way.
Now? What a mess.
With a lighthearted touch, and contagiously catchy verse, the story moves all the way forward to earn its happy ending. (No spoiler from me, no no!)
Thank you, author and illustrator Gillian Johnson. It's an offbeat book and I find it delightful in its quirky way.
September 30, 2009
Very cute. I love the kid books that rhyme. Much more fun to read aloud.
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