"The Wiener Dog Magnet" is a story written and illustrated by Hayes Roberts, which tells a tale of how a little monkey named Kiki Marie saves the day with just a magnet dog. After paying a nickel for a wiener magnet, she heads towards different places and comes across a difficulty when reaching a river, where real wiener dogs live. The experience Kiki Marie lives is a great example for children to learn certain values in the book.
The encounter with these real dogs represents a trouble for Kiki Marie, but the turning point in the story comes when she uses her imagination to rescue two alligators that she happens to see trapped in the rapids of a river and she decided to put them into safety by using her magnet. This innocent but inventive idea turns out to be an unforgettable moment when the king of alligators gives her a blue ribbon as an acknowledgement for her kindness and bravery.
There are several topics that the story touches upon such as solidarity, friendship, no discrimination, courage, which you can read when Kiki rescues the alligators. All these topics are special for kindergarten children since they can understand certain values easily by reading Kiki Marie’s adventure.
All Hayes’s pictures shown in the book or the online version, which look the same, are simple and really attractive, triggering children’s interest from the beginning and putting a hook in readers from the first pages.
As a negative aspect, the story is a bit short and the action is really fast. There is no space for enlarging vocabulary. However, whether you choose to buy the book or read the online story, you will enjoy it.
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