Go, Dog. Go!

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Go, Dog. Go!
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Author P. D. Eastman
Series Beginner Books
GenreChildren's
PublisherRandom House Books for Young Readers
Publication date
March 12, 1961 (Renewed in 1989)
ISBN 0-394-80020-6
OCLC 25029028

Go, Dog. Go! is a 1961 children's book written and illustrated by P. D. Eastman. It describes the actions and interactions of a group of highly mobile dogs, who operate cars and other conveyances in pursuit of work, play, and a final mysterious goal: a dog party.

The book introduces concepts such as color and relative position with simple language and humor. ("The blue dog is in. The red dog is out.") The book helps children learn basic concepts and actions like playing, working, going up, going down. The book also teaches children colors and conveys emotion. [1]

The dogs featured in the book use their cars to help them get their work done and get to places. Throughout the book, details in Eastman's illustrations seem to invite the reader to notice the deeper significance of small things.

In their first appearance, a pink dog asks a yellow dog if he likes her hat with its little flower. He does not, so they part. Several pages later, they are met again as they are riding scooters. She has a hat with a feather, and again he does not like her hat. But as they part, he has made off with the feather. When they are next seen together, they are skiing. The yellow dog does not like the long ski cap the pink dog is wearing. As they leave, she bids him farewell. In their final meeting, her hat — now even more elaborate — finally meets the approval of the yellow dog. In this way, a relationship development is shown between the characters despite the simplicity of the text. It shows interaction when the dogs meet. Throughout the book, the conclusion is elusive, but at the end all the dogs have a wild party.

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Notes

  1. Ihnat, Gwen (2018-07-17). "The 25 essential baby books every nursery should have". AV Club. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  2. Karas, Michelle (2018-09-12). "'Go, Dog. Go!' brings classic children's reader to life on Fine Arts Center stage". The Gazette. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  3. "Preview Guide for Parents and Teachers to Childsplay's Production of Go, Dog. Go!" (PDF). Childsplay's. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
  4. Milligan, Mercedes (January 6, 2021). "Trailer: DreamWorks' 'Go, Dog, Go!' Speeds to Netflix Jan. 26". Animation Magazine. Retrieved January 6, 2021.

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