EverythingDogBlog #91: A series of poodle tales
The Modeling Poo: Book Nine in The Poodle Tales, by Toni Tuso (Mindstar Media, 2013, 20 pages, $10.99)
Poodle Power!
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Available through Amazon as well as Barnes and Noble, The Poodle Tales series introduces an adorable premise but an unfulfilled promise. Toni Tuso will publish a new book in the series every 60 days – 24 in all – an admirable feat! In addition, each is written in rhyme (a bit stilted and no Dr. Seuss here, but a commendable elementary attempt, nonetheless).
The Modeling Poo
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Book 9: The Modeling Poo stars Vogue, the silver-bowed poo (poodle), and is the most recent Poo book (2013). Vogue is a while poodle, one of a dozen in a litter of many colors – white, brown, apricot, black, silver, black with white, and black with spots. This book will appeal to the little girl whose favorite color is pink and who wants to be a princess when she grows up – or a modeling poo, if she can say that word with a straight face. However, it is not a book for the independent reader since it contains big words (multi-syllabic). I would also recommend that adults who want to read the Poo books to children practice out loud first to get the rhythm of the rhymes correct.
Will Vogue be a Modeling Success?
Vogue carefully selects her outfits to model and accessorize, and practices for the big modeling show, hoping to be a success in the eyes of her brothers and sisters. She even wears high heels.
Bonuses
I love the all-inclusive colors of poodles and how each one will have a book. On www.thepoodletales.com, your child can play poodle games, color poos, and join the Poodle Club, adopting his or her own poodle. The website also has the poodle song and dance plus a music video.
The Series
Book 3: The Poodle Talent Show begins the story of how the poodles, as older pups, choose their families and introduces us to the various poodle-pups and their special talents which include a large nose on the poo who becomes a detective, a shy poo who becomes a ballerina and Vogue, the poo who loves to dress up and, therefore, becomes a model in the ninth book.
I only hope that future titles depict service poodles and therapy poos and SAR (search and rescue) poos, as well as cute-career pups such as models.
(Disclaimer: This is a GoodReads First Reads book and was autographed and dated. I was sent this book for review.)
Read more about it: www.thepoodletales.com
