A review by poplartears
Along Came a Dog by Meindert DeJong

3.0

This was an different sort of book for us as it is told mostly from the animals' perspectives. It was interesting to look at things from each animal's point of view, how the dog knew the man was good, how the rooster felt about the chickens, how the little red hen felt about the other chickens and the man. Blake found the violence of the chickens a little disconcerting at first. The development of the relationships between the dog, the hen and the man and the way the three are able to communicate with one another is charming and realistic. In his own way the man is a naturalist and we see how his observations of life around him influence his behavior.