[.ca] Sailor Dog (ISBN 0307001431)

Oddly entrancing story and pictures:
My 2-year-old daughter loves this book, and so do I. The story makes very little sense when you think about it using adult reasoning, but plot isn't really what matters here. It's the magical, humorous and exciting atmosphere, captured in great colors and textures by Garth Williams. Now that I now that some pages were omitted from this edition, I'm going to be looking for an older copy!

IT'S A DOG'S LIFE ON THE HIGH SEA:
. Is there a more charming picture in children's literature than Scuppers the Sailor Dog standing on the prow of his little boat, dressed in wet weather gear, with a spyglass to his eye? We are transported to a dog's world. If you love character-filled canine faces, this book will appeal. Scuppers is our little canine hero. His urge to go to sea is irresistible. The little gaff-rigged sailing boat that becomes Scuppers' home hardly looks seaworthy, with colourful patches on its sails. It's hardly a luxurious boat, but Scuppers keeps it all very neat and "ship-shape". He has a hook for his hat, a hook for his rope and a hook for his spyglass. Scuppers gets shipwrecked after a big storm. He is a resourceful dog and soon makes a house out of driftwood. The scene of Scuppers asleep on his deep green bed of pine branches inside his house is bathed in a beautiful, almost magical emerald green light. He repairs his ship and sails way and soon comes to a seaport in a foreign land. The street scene is straight from a canine Kasbah. There are lady dogs dressed in full-length robes with everything but their eyes, paws and tails covered, balancing jars on their heads. The fact that all the characters in this book are dogs and they all walk on two legs is a minor detail. Scuppers' needs new clothes after all his travels. It's very comical when he tries on the various hats and shoes of different shapes and colours. The life at sea soon calls Scuppers back to his boat. Stowing all his gear in its right place he is back " where he wants to be - a sailor sailing the deep green sea". This book is a true children's classic having been first published 48 years ago. The brilliant pictures and the charming story mesh perfectly. Its high sales ranking on the Amazon listings demonstrates it has a timeless and universal appeal.

I loved this book 50 years ago and was thrilled to find it:
This book spoke to my soul as a little child (in the 1950s) - dreams of making it on my own, seeing the world, being adventurous. For years I looked for it, not remembering who it was by or the name. What a thrill to find it now and to be able to buy it for my friends' children and grandchildren! Thank you to Golden Books for bringing this back. But please give us an edition with all the illustrations and copy!

His song sounds familiar!:
I have read this book and could recognize that his song appears to be a spinoff of Popeye the Sailor Man's theme song. The words, "I'm strong to the Finich 'cause I eat my spinach" were replaced with, "I can sail in a gale right over a whale". But there are no words to replace the lyrics, "I'm one tough Gazookus which hates all Palookas..." and so on.

ANCHORS AWAY !:
. Is there a more charming picture in children's literature than Scuppers the Sailor Dog standing on the prow of his little boat, dressed in wet weather gear, with a spyglass to his eye? We are transported to a dog's world. If you love character-filled canine faces, this book will appeal. Scuppers is our little canine hero. His urge to go to sea is irresistible. The little gaff-rigged sailing boat that becomes Scuppers' home hardly looks seaworthy, with colourful patches on its sails. It's definitely not a luxurious boat, but Scuppers keeps it all very neat and "ship-shape". He has a hook for his hat, a hook for his rope and a hook for his spyglass. Scuppers gets shipwrecked after a big storm. He is a resourceful dog and soon makes a house out of driftwood. The scene of Scuppers asleep on his deep green bed of pine branches inside his house is bathed in a beautiful, almost magical emerald green light. He repairs his ship and sails way and soon comes to a seaport in a foreign land. The street scene is straight from a canine Kasbah. There are lady dogs dressed in full-length robes with everything but their eyes, paws and tails covered, balancing jars on their heads. The fact that all the characters in this book are dogs and they all walk on two legs is a minor detail. Scuppers' needs new clothes after all his travels. It's very comical when he tries on the various hats and shoes of different shapes and colours. The life at sea soon calls Scuppers back to his boat. After stowing all his gear in its right place, he is back " where he wants to be - a sailor sailing the deep green sea". This book is a true children's classic having been first published 48 years ago. The brilliant pictures and the charming story mesh perfectly. Its high sales ranking on the Amazon listings demonstrates it has a timeless and universal appeal.