Down Girl and Sit: On the Road

Nolan, Lucy. Down Girl and Sit: On the Road. New York: Marshall Cavendish Children, 2005.

Down Girl and Sit are two rambunctious dogs that love adventure. On the Road has several adventures including a trip to the beach where Down Girl “drives” the car into the sand and gives her master, Rruff, a dead fish for a present, a camping trip where Down Girl finds a strange squirrel with long ears and big teeth, and a trip to the vet. The entire book is told from Down Girl’s perspective. I laughed out loud several times while reading this book. One of my favorite lines... “There were two dogs, two masters, and two doughnuts…Thank goodness dogs don’t know math. That makes all of our decisions easy.” (p. 23).

What others have to say…

“Anyone who has owned a dog can relate to these tales. Children will be delightfully challenged by the perspective and ask for more.”

Christolon, Blair. 2006. "On the Road." School Library Journal 52, no. 3: 199-199. Academic Search Complete, EBSCOhost (accessed May 8, 2009).