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Dog Man #3
A Tale of Two Kitties
A cute kitten disrupts Petey's plans in the third Dog Man book from worldwide bestselling author and artist Dav Pilkey.
He was the best of dogs... He was the worst of dogs... It was the age of invention... It was the season of surprise... It was the eve of supa sadness... It was the dawn of hope... Dog Man hasn't always been a paws-itive addition to the police force. While he can muzzle miscreants, he tends to leave a slick of slobber in his wake! This time, Petey the Cat's dragged in a tiny bit of trouble -- a double in the form of a kitten clone. Dog Man will have to work twice as hard to bust these furballs and remain top dog!Dav Pilkey's wildly popular Dog Man series appeals to readers of all ages and explores universally positive themes, including empathy, kindness, persistence, and the importance of being true to one's self.
He was the best of dogs... He was the worst of dogs... It was the age of invention... It was the season of surprise... It was the eve of supa sadness... It was the dawn of hope... Dog Man hasn't always been a paws-itive addition to the police force. While he can muzzle miscreants, he tends to leave a slick of slobber in his wake! This time, Petey the Cat's dragged in a tiny bit of trouble -- a double in the form of a kitten clone. Dog Man will have to work twice as hard to bust these furballs and remain top dog!Dav Pilkey's wildly popular Dog Man series appeals to readers of all ages and explores universally positive themes, including empathy, kindness, persistence, and the importance of being true to one's self.
256 pages, Hardcover
First published August 29, 2017
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Dav Pilkey
430 books3,293 followersDavid "Dav" Pilkey (b. March 4, 1966), is a popular children's author and artist. Pilkey is best known as the author and illustrator of the Captain Underpants book series. He lives near Seattle, Washington with his wife, Sayuri.
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June 10, 2022
It's a tale of two kitties: Petey (haw, haw, haw) and his clone Lil' Petey. Petey is impatient to have a partner in crime, but his "mini me" makes friends with Dog Man. Oh! The horror! Also in this one is an evil fish who brings buildings to life (Gooba Gaba). Dog Man and Lil' Petey find a new use for a truck of French Salad Dressing in the chapter called "The French Dressing Revolution." Lots of silly situations and word play for everyone. There is also a chapter on the benefits of reading to your dog (or cat). If you don't have a pet of your own, check with your local shelter. Have you read with your dog today?
September 6, 2017
BAD DOGGY! look what you did! Flippy is SQUISHED! You've ruined everything! Go sit over there and look sad!
SADDER!!!
SADDER!!!
March 7, 2025
Such a cute and funny story. I loved the little kitty.
January 25, 2021
Having never read any of the Captain Underpants or Dog Man books, I didn't know what to expect with this third installment of Dog Man. I read a lot of elementary aged chapter books and graphic novels, either to recommend to my school-aged stepson or keep in mind for my toddler, but I rarely get recommendations from my stepson. This was a rare case, a book devoured during the first rocky weeks of a new school year. "It's so good!" he said.
I too thought it was good. There's a few pages explaining the history of Dog Man (part policeman, part dog), and his nemesis, Petey, an orange striped cat. The story starts hopping when Petey decides to clone himself. But instead of a fully sized twin version of himself, Petey gets a baby kitten! Worse yet, the kitten shows no inclinations toward EVIL!
The illustrations are frenetic, and the storyline snappy enough to keep kids interested.
I too thought it was good. There's a few pages explaining the history of Dog Man (part policeman, part dog), and his nemesis, Petey, an orange striped cat. The story starts hopping when Petey decides to clone himself. But instead of a fully sized twin version of himself, Petey gets a baby kitten! Worse yet, the kitten shows no inclinations toward EVIL!
The illustrations are frenetic, and the storyline snappy enough to keep kids interested.
March 4, 2025
Nolan, seven-year-old, picked this out himself at the library. He was familiar with the series, as his older sister owns a number of these Dog Man books (some of which were presents from me). These are pretty funny and witty, keeping Nolan's attention even as I read them to him while he was under the weather. It was also a nice change of pace from the kid-friendly-horror of the Goosebumps stories we have been flying through.
April 7, 2023
Another wild and crazy tale with incredible satire and lots of humor.
May 10, 2025
Re-read with Hardcover: epic supa fun!
original review: Supa fun!
original review: Supa fun!
July 11, 2025
Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties gets a fast start when Dog Man is dispatched to supervise the autopsy of Flippy, the evil fish he defeated in the previous episode. Scientists plan to study Flippy's brain to see what can be learned from this brilliant mind gone wrong. As Dog Man is on his way to "The Supa Awesome Science Center Over There" (yes, that the facility's name!), Petey escapes yet again from Cat Jail, taking a ride over the prison yard wall by holding a bunch of helium balloons. Petey has learned his lesson from the last two books: he needs help to overcome Dog Man, and who could provide better help than a replica of himself? Petey orders a Clone Machine, but he's stunned when the clone he creates is only a kitten. He didn't sign up for an eighteen year wait to confront Dog Man!
Things predictably go wrong with Dog Man's security detail at The Supa Awesome Science Center Over There. Before dissecting Flippy's brain, scientists stabilize his shredded body with bionic parts. Giving a powerful criminal an indestructible frame seems like a poor idea even if he's dead. A series of freak occurrences whisks Flippy's corpse out of the laboratory, where it ends up at the Living Spray Factory. You can guess what's about to happen. Across town, Petey is exasperated with his clone; the kitten's obvious affection for his progenitor doesn't seem able to thaw Petey's cold heart. He boxes up Li'L Petey and tries to palm him off on unsuspecting civilians. He abandons his clone as night approaches, and the kitten drags his crate bed in front of the police station before wanly singing himself to sleep.
Petey eventually misses his clone, the only being who ever showed him love, but by the time he goes looking for him it's too late. Dog Man has already found Li'L Petey, and instinctively protects him from a world of threats. Dog Man isn't the kitten's "Papa", but he cares for him as Petey refused to, and their bond is set for life. Could Dog Man and the original Petey have hit it off this well if Petey hadn't been corrupted years before their paths crossed? The older cat invents an 80-Hexotron Droidformigon (80-HD...think about that a moment), and kidnaps Li'L Petey from Dog Man's doghouse. The kitten isn't physically capable of the criminal activities Petey at first had in mind for him, but the 80-HD body suit gives him supernatural strength. How deep, though, does Dog Man's influence over Li'L Petey run?
Meanwhile...Supa Mecha Flippy is resurrected at the Living Spray Factory, and uses the hoard of spray to bring tall buildings to life. Exerting mind control, he directs the brawny buildings to attack the city. Dog Man's wits level the playing field against the anthropomorphized buildings, but not enough to destroy them all and cut off Supa Mecha Flippy's flow of psychokinetic energy. Can Petey and Supa Mecha Flippy both be confounded again? Is Li'L Petey the key to a happy ending for everyone?
Knowing Dav Pilkey, you can assume fresh, original humor is part of every Dog Man graphic novel, but Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties is something more. The book has heart, best seen in the relationships between Petey and Li'L Petey and Dog Man and Li'L Petey. Both cat and dog grow to love the kitten to the point of self-sacrifice. That's major character development for Petey, even if the only creature he can empathize with is his own genetic copy. I was pleasantly surprised by the story's emotional tone, and I feel sure there are excellent adventures ahead in Dog Man and Cat Kid. I give Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties two and a half stars, and I wavered before electing not to round up to three. The art, humor, and narrative are Dav Pilkey at or near his best, and it's enjoyable to read.
Things predictably go wrong with Dog Man's security detail at The Supa Awesome Science Center Over There. Before dissecting Flippy's brain, scientists stabilize his shredded body with bionic parts. Giving a powerful criminal an indestructible frame seems like a poor idea even if he's dead. A series of freak occurrences whisks Flippy's corpse out of the laboratory, where it ends up at the Living Spray Factory. You can guess what's about to happen. Across town, Petey is exasperated with his clone; the kitten's obvious affection for his progenitor doesn't seem able to thaw Petey's cold heart. He boxes up Li'L Petey and tries to palm him off on unsuspecting civilians. He abandons his clone as night approaches, and the kitten drags his crate bed in front of the police station before wanly singing himself to sleep.
Petey eventually misses his clone, the only being who ever showed him love, but by the time he goes looking for him it's too late. Dog Man has already found Li'L Petey, and instinctively protects him from a world of threats. Dog Man isn't the kitten's "Papa", but he cares for him as Petey refused to, and their bond is set for life. Could Dog Man and the original Petey have hit it off this well if Petey hadn't been corrupted years before their paths crossed? The older cat invents an 80-Hexotron Droidformigon (80-HD...think about that a moment), and kidnaps Li'L Petey from Dog Man's doghouse. The kitten isn't physically capable of the criminal activities Petey at first had in mind for him, but the 80-HD body suit gives him supernatural strength. How deep, though, does Dog Man's influence over Li'L Petey run?
Meanwhile...Supa Mecha Flippy is resurrected at the Living Spray Factory, and uses the hoard of spray to bring tall buildings to life. Exerting mind control, he directs the brawny buildings to attack the city. Dog Man's wits level the playing field against the anthropomorphized buildings, but not enough to destroy them all and cut off Supa Mecha Flippy's flow of psychokinetic energy. Can Petey and Supa Mecha Flippy both be confounded again? Is Li'L Petey the key to a happy ending for everyone?
Knowing Dav Pilkey, you can assume fresh, original humor is part of every Dog Man graphic novel, but Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties is something more. The book has heart, best seen in the relationships between Petey and Li'L Petey and Dog Man and Li'L Petey. Both cat and dog grow to love the kitten to the point of self-sacrifice. That's major character development for Petey, even if the only creature he can empathize with is his own genetic copy. I was pleasantly surprised by the story's emotional tone, and I feel sure there are excellent adventures ahead in Dog Man and Cat Kid. I give Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties two and a half stars, and I wavered before electing not to round up to three. The art, humor, and narrative are Dav Pilkey at or near his best, and it's enjoyable to read.
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December 20, 2018I like because it was so nice and funny
November 16, 2020
This was the best so far in the series. Dog man and the gang are here to save the world from yet another disaster. I loved Flippy the fish in this and also Li'l Petey but my favorite character is definitely Petey. Only because of Petey I enjoy this series so much and keep on reading this.
4 stars
4 stars
September 5, 2020
Read aloud to D.
January 7, 2023
I loved the happy ending. Little Petey is cute.
September 30, 2023
It was so good I loved it I would recommend it for a kid
December 18, 2022
Another fun little Dog Man graphic novel.
This time Petey clones himself but it comes out as a child. Flippy the fish gets biomechanical upgrades and when brought back to life causes more chaos by bringing a bunch of buildings to life and attacking Dog Man and co.
Meanwhile Petey builds a robo-suit for Lil’ Petey which Lil’ Petey uses to fight the buildings and save Dog Man.
So tropical fun Dog Man nonsense. :)
This time Petey clones himself but it comes out as a child. Flippy the fish gets biomechanical upgrades and when brought back to life causes more chaos by bringing a bunch of buildings to life and attacking Dog Man and co.
Meanwhile Petey builds a robo-suit for Lil’ Petey which Lil’ Petey uses to fight the buildings and save Dog Man.
So tropical fun Dog Man nonsense. :)
September 11, 2017
This is the 3rd Dog Man book and so far is my favorite. If your kids (and parents) like Captain Underpants they will love Dog Man
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October 19, 2017this book was a really good book it was a really good book thanks again tracy!
February 2, 2022
good book now ive read all the dog man books now this is the second time ive read this book
its kinda funny when the fish pokes the living gas spray with his metal claw/metal fin.
its kinda funny when the fish pokes the living gas spray with his metal claw/metal fin.
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March 28, 2023
we needed more room on our to-read shelf
April 6, 2023
6 year old read all by himself. Started and finished in 1 day! He said it was hysterical.
January 22, 2025
Supa supa supa good
February 10, 2025
UGh the movie was book accurate so good :,)
March 8, 2025
petey is yet another haley coded character :/
April 23, 2018
Dog man A Tale Of Two Kittens is about a dog who is a police officer. He isn’t an orderly police officer though, he always leaves a small mess in every situation. By accident he brings an evil fish back to life. Petey an evil cat brakes out of jail and creates a small clone of him. But this clone doesn’t want to evil but nice. Petey creates a robot where anything that the clone says does. The clone instead of using the robot for evil he tries to fight the evil fish but fails . The evil fish makes buildings come to life and that’s when Petey the evil cat helps defeat the fish and his army of buildings but of course with the help of Dog Man.
While reading this book I felt happy because this book looks as if a child made it . ( in a good way) There’s misspelling, and crossing out going on. Though I’m 21 years old I felt excited when I saw the Flip -O-Rama because it seems as if the characters are fighting right in front of my face not just on a paper. I felt cheerful seeing how the author made ADHD not a disability but a powerful robot in the book.
Illustrations: The illustrations are awesome, I love the Flip-O-Rama because I’m not just sitting there reading but physically and visually looking at the illustrations move. (With the help of my fingers) I like how there’s drawing out of the lines because it makes it much funner to read. The colors are bright and bold, that it made me not be able to focus on only one illustration but look at all of them. ( in a good way) The text has misspelling, which I think makes it even more enjoyable to read. The type of text being use even looks as if a child wrote it. There’s small amount of text in comics and a lot when it comes to author not using the comics to tell the story.
Grades/activities: I would use this book to teach children in 5th of ADHD, since it’s in the book. I would want them to make a book where they make a disability not a disability but make it into something powerful like the author did . I would make 3rd graders make their own comic books and try to make a Flip- O -Rama . I would make 2nd graders draw their own super heroes.
Strengths/weakness
I love the idea of making ADHD into A power and not a disability. I think the colors and the illustrations are a strength because their so bold. I think the lesson that a bad guy can be good is also a strength. This can be both a strength and a weakness, where the author misspelled on purpose. It can make it fun for children or hurt their spelling.
While reading this book I felt happy because this book looks as if a child made it . ( in a good way) There’s misspelling, and crossing out going on. Though I’m 21 years old I felt excited when I saw the Flip -O-Rama because it seems as if the characters are fighting right in front of my face not just on a paper. I felt cheerful seeing how the author made ADHD not a disability but a powerful robot in the book.
Illustrations: The illustrations are awesome, I love the Flip-O-Rama because I’m not just sitting there reading but physically and visually looking at the illustrations move. (With the help of my fingers) I like how there’s drawing out of the lines because it makes it much funner to read. The colors are bright and bold, that it made me not be able to focus on only one illustration but look at all of them. ( in a good way) The text has misspelling, which I think makes it even more enjoyable to read. The type of text being use even looks as if a child wrote it. There’s small amount of text in comics and a lot when it comes to author not using the comics to tell the story.
Grades/activities: I would use this book to teach children in 5th of ADHD, since it’s in the book. I would want them to make a book where they make a disability not a disability but make it into something powerful like the author did . I would make 3rd graders make their own comic books and try to make a Flip- O -Rama . I would make 2nd graders draw their own super heroes.
Strengths/weakness
I love the idea of making ADHD into A power and not a disability. I think the colors and the illustrations are a strength because their so bold. I think the lesson that a bad guy can be good is also a strength. This can be both a strength and a weakness, where the author misspelled on purpose. It can make it fun for children or hurt their spelling.
July 12, 2017
Petey the Cat is at it again- he's escaped from jail and is determined to take over the world, but gets distracted by a cloning snafu which results in a ridiculously adorable kitty version of himself, one who is more inclined to make friends than cause evil havoc.
Meanwhile, Dog Man is dealing with his own snafu, wherein he accidentally sets in motion a chain of events that ends with Flippy (the telekinetic fish) being given bionic supa strength which enables him to raise an army of demonic apartment buildings that try to destroy the town. Goofiness ensues, happy endings are achieved, and readers are going to have so much flippin' fun!
And yes, I did do the fliporama. You cannot pass that up, no matter how old you are.
This ARC was obtained at BookExpo17- with thanks to Graphix/Scholastic- in exchange for an honest review.
Meanwhile, Dog Man is dealing with his own snafu, wherein he accidentally sets in motion a chain of events that ends with Flippy (the telekinetic fish) being given bionic supa strength which enables him to raise an army of demonic apartment buildings that try to destroy the town. Goofiness ensues, happy endings are achieved, and readers are going to have so much flippin' fun!
And yes, I did do the fliporama. You cannot pass that up, no matter how old you are.
This ARC was obtained at BookExpo17- with thanks to Graphix/Scholastic- in exchange for an honest review.
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January 9, 2019Samuel really enjoyed reading this book. He loves the way it is written more like a comic book, that it is easy to read without being a "baby" book. He also likes that it explains how Dog Man came to be at the beginning of every book. He received books 3 and 4 for Christmas. He was suppose to read for a half hour in his bed from chapter three however the next morning admitted he stayed up to finish the book. This is the first book he has been this excited about ready. He also laughed a lot reading it!
December 29, 2020
Um, wait a second... was that a reference to Tod Browning's cult-classic horror film Freaks I saw? No way! I also love the literary puns and the adorable ending. So cute! This is my favorite one so far.
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November 29, 2017goooochie brooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
December 16, 2017
Just read this to Ervin. We both give it two big thumbs up. :D
May 17, 2022
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August 21, 2023
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