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Jack Russell Dog Detective #6
The Sausage Situation
There's a thief at Doggeroo Dog and Sausage Day and Jack soon finds he has a Sausage Situation on his paws. Who is the canine criminal? Surely not Lord Red, dressed up as a corn dog, or the Squekes, who look like hairy wasps in their striped suits. When Jack calls for backup, pan-dog-monium ensues. There is going to be a terrier-able disaster if someone doesn't take matters in paw. Jack is just the dog for the job. But will he be able to crack the case of - THE SAUSAGE SITUATION?
80 pages, Paperback
First published December 31, 2006
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Darrel Odgers
30 books8 followersDarrel Odgers was born in Tasmania. He has been married to Sally Odgers since 1979, and they have two adult children. Darrel and Sally Odgers have co-written several books, including the popular Jack Russell: Dog Detective series.
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July 9, 2021
First sentence: The sausage situation began on a day when crime was a long way from my mind.
Premise/plot: Jack Russell, dog detective, stars in his sixth adventure in this early chapter book mystery. In this one, his neighbor, Foxie, fears there is a sausage thief about. Sausages were delivered to his house--his human--and he feels very possessive of them. When a neighbor/friend picks up those sausages, well, Foxie alerts Jack Russell that a crime is in progress. But Jack has doubts--big doubts.
My thoughts: I have loved, loved, loved some in this series. But this one may be the weakest. Jack, our narrator, is still adorable enough. He's got his Jack's Facts, glossary, and nose maps. Much of the formula is the same. If you like earlier books in the series, you'll know what to expect. But the "mystery" didn't work for me.
Jack's Facts
All dogs know exactly how to make their people feel guilty. Nice dogs do this only when their people deserve it. I am a nice dog. This is a fact. (2)
Human-type food does not belong on the ground. Therefore eating human-type food that has fallen on the ground is not stealing. It is cleaning up a mess. This is a fact. (8)
If a Jack Russell wheezes, it is sick. If a pug wheezes, it is just being a pug. That is a fact. (58)
Glossary
Pawsed. Stopped to think, done by a dog.
Su-paw-rior. Superior, the way Jack Russells are.
Premise/plot: Jack Russell, dog detective, stars in his sixth adventure in this early chapter book mystery. In this one, his neighbor, Foxie, fears there is a sausage thief about. Sausages were delivered to his house--his human--and he feels very possessive of them. When a neighbor/friend picks up those sausages, well, Foxie alerts Jack Russell that a crime is in progress. But Jack has doubts--big doubts.
My thoughts: I have loved, loved, loved some in this series. But this one may be the weakest. Jack, our narrator, is still adorable enough. He's got his Jack's Facts, glossary, and nose maps. Much of the formula is the same. If you like earlier books in the series, you'll know what to expect. But the "mystery" didn't work for me.
Jack's Facts
All dogs know exactly how to make their people feel guilty. Nice dogs do this only when their people deserve it. I am a nice dog. This is a fact. (2)
Human-type food does not belong on the ground. Therefore eating human-type food that has fallen on the ground is not stealing. It is cleaning up a mess. This is a fact. (8)
If a Jack Russell wheezes, it is sick. If a pug wheezes, it is just being a pug. That is a fact. (58)
Glossary
Pawsed. Stopped to think, done by a dog.
Su-paw-rior. Superior, the way Jack Russells are.
June 16, 2013
Lent to me by my 7 (?) year old cousin, as her favorite book. Not necessarily my favorite kid's book, mostly because I felt like it talked down to kids. A lot of the humor didn't make any real sense, like using complicated words so that they can be turned into dog puns that were forced into a sentence. Now your kid is reading an awkward sentence and learning the incorrect spelling of a word. Much prefer the Lemony Snicket series for this age group. But then I'm not 7 and Lemony Snicket doesn't have talking dogs (as I recall my favorite movie when I was this age was Lady and the Tramp, so there you go).
April 10, 2018
I tried to like this book. I really did but it was just paw-ful, I mean terrier-able. It's a fair concept but story is ruff. I'll get into the situations farther into the review. When I first saw the average star count I thought is was Jack-ed Russelled
Cover
As far as the cover is concerned it is decent. I actually think it's sort of cool that this thin yellow line on the cover with the different objects is actually a cool representation of Jack's Nose Map. Basically the cover represents the story well. What's kind of cool is that the the tent on the back actually says Sausage Day on it. It's a nice detail that ties into the book.
Story
I used every voice I could muster finding to fit the character while reading it but I just couldn't entertain my illustrator.
Like I said the concept is decent but I did see a lot of flaws. Hands down my favorite character in this book was Lord Red. I read his character with a low dumb like voice and said yeah, yeah, yeah, after almost every sentence. I'm not kidding that was a big miss on the writers behalf. If they had added a few extra quirks, (At least vocal) to the characters I think they would have been stronger.
The fist thing I noticed was how uninspired the jokes or even the puns were. If they didn't only focus on terrier and paw puns at the least the jokes would have been a little more unpredictable. I thought that The Jack Facts, Jacks Glossary, and the Nose Map really slowed the book down and at some points even talked down to kids. I get it not everyone owns a dog but at the age that they are reading this they have already surpassed picture books. I think they should have had the entire Glossary at the beginning. I think the nose map would have been better if it were in sentence form. I also found Foxy's over obsession for Sausage's annoying. I get it fits into the story but I had a Bobbsey Twin flash back and their loud accusatory voice over anyone that might have The Green Rooster. The art in the book wasn't my favorite. Honestly half the time i was wondering if this really was a mystery book considering it threw out the fist mystery within the fist couple pages but it did throw another mystery at the end that was just as basic but interestingly different in a few ways. One interesting thing about it was that the mystery...
(SPOILERS! It's not much of a spoiler when it's only 78 pages long.)
The concept of it being a mystery is all based on perspective. I have to give it that. To one dog it's a mystery, to another it's calling for a bodyguard... or rather a Doggy guard! hehehe
and to another it was all pan-dog-monium for a madness of a dog hunt!
Cover
As far as the cover is concerned it is decent. I actually think it's sort of cool that this thin yellow line on the cover with the different objects is actually a cool representation of Jack's Nose Map. Basically the cover represents the story well. What's kind of cool is that the the tent on the back actually says Sausage Day on it. It's a nice detail that ties into the book.
Story
I used every voice I could muster finding to fit the character while reading it but I just couldn't entertain my illustrator.
Like I said the concept is decent but I did see a lot of flaws. Hands down my favorite character in this book was Lord Red. I read his character with a low dumb like voice and said yeah, yeah, yeah, after almost every sentence. I'm not kidding that was a big miss on the writers behalf. If they had added a few extra quirks, (At least vocal) to the characters I think they would have been stronger.
The fist thing I noticed was how uninspired the jokes or even the puns were. If they didn't only focus on terrier and paw puns at the least the jokes would have been a little more unpredictable. I thought that The Jack Facts, Jacks Glossary, and the Nose Map really slowed the book down and at some points even talked down to kids. I get it not everyone owns a dog but at the age that they are reading this they have already surpassed picture books. I think they should have had the entire Glossary at the beginning. I think the nose map would have been better if it were in sentence form. I also found Foxy's over obsession for Sausage's annoying. I get it fits into the story but I had a Bobbsey Twin flash back and their loud accusatory voice over anyone that might have The Green Rooster. The art in the book wasn't my favorite. Honestly half the time i was wondering if this really was a mystery book considering it threw out the fist mystery within the fist couple pages but it did throw another mystery at the end that was just as basic but interestingly different in a few ways. One interesting thing about it was that the mystery...
(SPOILERS! It's not much of a spoiler when it's only 78 pages long.)
The concept of it being a mystery is all based on perspective. I have to give it that. To one dog it's a mystery, to another it's calling for a bodyguard... or rather a Doggy guard! hehehe
and to another it was all pan-dog-monium for a madness of a dog hunt!
July 18, 2017
I love this book I remember get my first jack Russell book from a yard sale someone was having and this second I started to read it I was blocked yes it might be short but it is wonderful book to read. Lol
October 28, 2010
If you like sausages, you will like this book. (I did, and I love sausages.)
November 12, 2012
When sausages come to dogreroo foxie want's food! L.
November 11, 2014
kids thought this was hilarious
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