Sheetzu Caca Poopoo: My Kind of Dog

Sheetzucacapoopoo #1

by Joy Behar, Gene Barretta (Illustrator)

Comedian and talk-show host Joy Behar has teamed up with illustrator Gene Barretta to create a feisty, lovable character in this cheerful, funny picture book. When Max the mixed-breed meets a pack of snobby purebred dogs in the dog run, he can't understand why they don't want to play with him and his mongrel friends. Determined to get everyone to play together, brainy Max—who is part poodle, after all—comes up with a way to break the ice between the mixed-breeds and the purebreds. America's current obsession with designer dogs makes this book as timely as it is lively.

Genres: Dogs, Picture Books, Childrens

32 pages, Hardcover

First published September 21, 2006

About the author

Josephina Victoria "Joy" Behar (née Occhiuto) is an American comedian, writer, actress and co-host of the talk show The View.

Reviews

[Vanessa C]

Summary- This is a picture book about a little mixed breed dog named Max. He goes to a park and meets other mixed breed dogs and wants to become friends with them. The other dogs do not want to at first because Max does not look the same as them. He changes their decision after accidently knocking a hot dog cart over and then the dogs eat them all and they become friends. However, later he sees another group of dogs that he wants to play with but they are pure breeds and they don’t play with “mutts”. Max changes this mindset by throwing a ball and all the dogs mixed or purebred play together.
Evaluation- This was a very cute book that touched on accepting everyone no matter what they look like. I liked how they showed the discrimination within the mixed breeds and then against the mixed breeds. I also thought that is was cool that it showed Max thinking how strange it was that there was such a strong dislike between the groups of dogs even though they all liked doing the same things. I also appreciated how Max did not accept the aggression and found a way to fix it.
Teaching- I would use this to introduce the concept of discrimination. It is a very lighthearted way to introduce the concept in a very child friendly manner. I would use this to introduce the idea of discrimination and then I would read books that accurately represent discrimination. I think this book would easy lower grades students about discrimination before using humans and real world events. I could also have students write a reflection about the book and how they would feel about the story if the characters were not dogs but were humans.

[Stephanie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I bought this for my 4 year old nephew for Christmas. I don't care much for Joy Behar and watching The View makes me ill but my sister said her boy just loved, loved, loved this book when got it from the library a few months ago. So I ordered it and it's sequel, Sheetzucacapoopoo: Max Goes to the Dogs.

It was okay. The four year old crowd loved it when I read to them on Christmas day. It has a nice message for the kiddies and it got them to be quiet and relax awhile so we grown-ups could get a breather from Sam's new drum set and Kevin's new firetruck with real-sounding siren.

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This humorous book, written by comedian Joy Behar, is the story of Max, a mutt (a sheetzucacapoopoo) who wants to play with the other dogs in the neighborhood but finds that the purebred dogs are snobs and want nothing to do with him or the other mutts. Max thinks this is silly since they are all so much alike so he is determined to find a way to get all the dogs playing together!

[Christie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Each dog in the story is different, at first no one wanted to play with Max because he was different than anyone else. The story shows how you can over come the differences and become friends with others. I enjoyed reading the books, but unfortunately the real world isn't like the story, where every one learns to get along.

[Karen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Obviously, the author, editor, and publisher subscribe to the theory if you put "poo poo" in a title of a children's book it will sell. Just to be safe, they added "caca" and "sheetzu". Unfortunately, it doesn't cover up that this is just a standard run-of-the-mill retread of a story.

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nothing special, but cute. Funniest thing is names of dogs. Does try to teach a lesson.

[Kelley · Rating 3 out of 5]

very fun but not as sweet as others along these same lines. Partially biased as I really don't like Joy.

[Tam · Rating 3 out of 5]

Of course my 4-year-old loved the title of this book because it said "poopoo" which he finds hilarious. The rest of the book was okay. I think my 8-year-old liked it a bit more.

[Kristen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. Books like this make me wish there were half star rating options. It wasn't horrible enough to get a solid 1 star...but it was pretty boring. I totally zoned out in the middle.

[Tiffany · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought this book is very cute and entertaining. It has a beautiful message. Great book. I just loved the title and the dog Max is very lovable.

[wildct2003 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute happy story

[Hope · Rating 4 out of 5]

Checked out from Kilbourn Public Library 📚 in Wisconsin