Stanley's Beauty Contest
- Publisher
- Kids Can Press
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2009
- Category
- Dogs, Humorous Stories
- Recommended Age
- 3 to 7
- Recommended Grade
- p to 2
- Recommended Reading age
- 3 to 7
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781554533183
- Publish Date
- Feb 2009
- List Price
- $17.95
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Description
Stanley's people are so preoccupied with primping him for the dog show in the park that they forgot his breakfast. This makes Stanley very grumpy.
At the park, Stanley meets up with his old friends Nutsy, Alice and Gassy Jack. Together the friends look longingly at the grand prize: the biggest, most scrumptious-smelling dog cookie ever. Once Stanley gets a whiff of its bubbling cheese, sizzling bacon and apple pie aromas, he's determined to win. So what if he's not the fastest, most talented or most beautiful dog in the show?
We know that Stanley's rumbling tummy always leads him into adventure --- or a big pile of trouble --- and this time is no exception. Join Stanley and his friends in the best dogpile ever as they show us humans that dogs know best, and that what really counts is having fun!
About the authors
Linda Bailey a jonglé longtemps avec l'idée d'écrire, mais ce n'est qu'après avoir eu ses deux filles qu'elle a lancé sa carrière d'auteure. Elle a écrit des albums, des romans et aussi des livres informatifs. Linda a beaucoup voyagé dans sa vie et ses livres aussi! Certains sont publiés en Chine, en Corée, en Australie, en Grèce, en Pologne et dans de nombreux autres pays.
Linda Bailey has written more than twenty books for children in a number of different genres, including the best-selling Stanley-the-dog series, Toads on Toast, and most recently, If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur (Si jamais tu avais un dinosaure...). Linda has garnered a long list of honours in Canada such as the Ontario Blue Spruce Award, the Atlantic Provinces Hackmatack Award and the Arthur Ellis Award. She lives in Vancouver, BC.
Multiple award winning illustrator Bill Slavin was born in Belleville, Ontario. His work includes the acclaimed 'Stanley's Party' written by Linda Bailey, 'Who Broke the teapot!' as well as more than 100 award winning children's books.
Among his many honours, Bill has won the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award, the Blue Spruce Award, the California Young Reader Medal and the Zena Sutherland Award for Children's Literature. Recently, he has returned to his childhood love of comics and graphic novels, writing and illustrating the graphic novel trilogy Elephants Never Forget, as now the Mordecai Crow trilogy. Quid Pro Crow is Bil's second book with Renegade Arts Entertainment.
Awards
- Short-listed, Blue Spruce Award, Ontario Library Association
- Short-listed, Chocolate Lily Book Award
- Short-listed, Shining Willow Award, Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice Award
- Winner, Best Books for Kids & Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre
- Short-listed, Book of the Year, Foreword Magazine
Editorial Reviews
Stanley's many fans will love poring over this adventure.—School Library Journal
Stanley has lost none of his energetic appeal in this, his fourth adventure.—Quill & Quire
Stanley is an expressive and appealing pooch whose heart is always in the right place.—Kirkus Reviews
Librarian Reviews
Stanley’s Beauty Contest
Stanley has been entered in a dog show that his pals are also in, but Stanley’s not so successful at winning contests. When he tries to be the most beautiful dog, the judges walk right past him. What to do? Join Stanley and his pals in the greatest dog pile ever as they show us that dogs do know best about the things that really matter.Source: The Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Best Books for Kids & Teens. 2010.
