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  • David Dixon's Day as a Dachshund (Class Critters #2)

David Dixon's Day as a Dachshund
(Class Critters #2)

Illustrator
Ariel Landy
Publication Date
April 12, 2022
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  2nd − 3rd
Language
English
David Dixon's Day as a Dachshund (Class Critters #2)

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Description

The second book in a humorous and heartfelt new chapter book series about a second-grade class where each kid turns into an animal for a day.

When Mrs. Norrell invites her students to bring something they love from home for show and tell, David Dixon sneaks in his new dachshund puppy, Bandit. But during the presentation, the puppy escapes. By the time David rushes into the hallway, his mischievous puppy has vanished. Mrs. Norrell launches a formal search, but David is an "act first, worry about the consequences later" kind of kid. Without stopping to think or tell anyone what he's doing, David races off into the school building by himself to find Bandit. As he runs away from Mrs. Norrell's classroom, David turns into a dachshund! At first, he's delighted by the transformation and even tracks down Bandit. He and Bandit are able to do whatever they want as dogs--eat the day's lunch, jump in the suds-filled sink, and run around on the playground. But he doesn't want to be a dog forever! In this new chapter book series, Mrs. Norrell's second-grade classroom has magic that allows kids to transform into animals to learn important life lessons. Each book will follow a different kid and their animal transformation, and will include fun natural science facts about the featured animal in the back matter.

Publication date
April 12, 2022
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781419755682
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Series
Class Critters
BISAC categories
JUV002190 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Pets
JUV002070 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Dogs
JUV037000 - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
JUV035000 - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
JUV045000 - Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Chapter Books
Library of Congress categories
Dogs
Schools
Elementary schools
Puppies
JUVENILE FICTION / Readers / Chapter Books
Show-and-tell presentations
Dachshunds
JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Pets
Impulsive personality

School Library Journal

Gr 1-3--The second in a series where second graders get a turn in becoming an animal for a school day. David decides to take his new dachshund puppy Bandit to show-and-tell at school unbeknownst to his parents. Mrs. Norell tells David animals are not allowed in school and she is going to call his parents. Bandit escapes and while searching for him, David gets a strange feeling--suddenly, he's a dog, too! Initially he loves the freedom of being a dog and playing with Bandit, but as time goes by David misses being human and learns an important lesson about responsibility. Holmes interweaves humor, science, and nature into this silly, enjoyable twist on a body-swap story. Back matter includes intriguing facts about real-life dachshunds. VERDICT This is an energetic animal series that would be great for any library collection for young readers.--Annmarie Braithwaite

Copyright 2022 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
Kathryn Holmes
Kathryn Holmes grew up in Maryville, Tennessee, and now lives in Brooklyn with her husband, daughter, and piles upon piles of books. A graduate of The New School's MFA in creative writing program, Holmes works as a freelance dance journalist, among other writing gigs. She is the author of the young adult novels The Distance Between Lost and Found and How It Feels to Fly. Tally Tuttle Turns into a Turtle is her first foray into chapter books.

Ariel Landy is an illustrator and educator from New York City. She began writing and illustrating stories as soon as she could hold a pencil, and she never stopped. Landy lives in France with her husband and their dog, Sid.
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