Henry, the dog with no tail

Book, 1969

Status

Available

Genres

Children's Books

Collection

Your library

Publication

Publisher Unknown (1969)

Description

Envious of the other dogs that have tails, Henry goes in search of a tail of his own, but in the end he decides he is happy the way he is.

User reviews

LibraryThing member kthartig

Henry the dog with no tail is about a dog called Henry who had a lot of friends with tails but he doesn't have a tail. Henry wanted to have a tail, so he went to a lot of places to find one. Henry got a tail, but his tail didn't wag. When he came up with an idea his tail wagged so fast he got stuck

in a tree and his tail came off. Henry realized that he was better off without a tail.
THE END

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LibraryThing member nancyken

Envious of the other dogs that have tails, Henry goes in search of a tail of his own, but in the end he decides he is happy the way he is.

LibraryThing member aecrozier

This book is about a dog named Henry who does not have a tail. All of his friends have tails and he wants a tail really bad so he can be like his other dog friends. One day he decides to go find a tail so he goes to the tailor and he sews a tail on Henry. When he goes to show his friends his new

tail, he does all kinds of tricks but in the end Henry decides he liked not having a tail. So, henry takes off his tail and is happy to be the dog without a tail.

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LibraryThing member HopeMiller123

This is about a dog with no tail that feels left out because all the other dogs have tails. He eventually feels so bad that he goes to a tailor to get a tail made. This tail was very long and grand. But Henry had problems with this tail and the other dogs made fun of him for it. BU tin the end his

tail saved him from being caught in a tree and all the other dogs realized that he was cool without it. This book shows kids the stuggle of trying to fit in and being different. It shoes that no matter how different you are most times it really doesn't matter and you can have and make friends anyway.

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LibraryThing member smdorr

Henry is a dog with no tail and just wants to be like every other dog so he tries to make a tail, but it fails miserably. Henry then realizes that it's ok to have no tail and he is perfect just the way he is. I really enjoyed this book and I already have used this book to do a story retell

assessment and to teach the theme of having a good self-esteem- it's ok to be who you are! You are perfect!

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LibraryThing member astinchavez

assessment and to teach the theme of having a good self-esteem- it's ok to be who you are! You are perfect!

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LibraryThing member Analley

Henry was a dog with no tail, and wanted so badly to have a tail of his own just like all of his dog friends. He would sit around all day crying about the fact that he had no tail. He had three main dog friends whose tails could all do different things, or looked different. Grady’s tail swung so

fast Henry compared it to a baseball bat. Then there was Henry’s friend Pip, who could tie her tail into a bow. Larry, whose real name was Larrissima, didn’t so much have a trick that she could do with her tail. But her tail could stick up straight up like a palm tree. Henry wanted so badly to have a tail so he could some kind of trick to do with his tail, so he decided to get a fake tail. That ended up not being the world’s greatest idea. The tailor had made his tail to long, so when he ended up in a tree Henry had gotten tangled up around the tree because of the length of the his tail. At the end of the story Henry decided to give up the fake tail and just be happy the way he is without a tail.

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LibraryThing member RachelBowers

When Henry decides he wants a tail like the rest of his friends he winds up in a big mess. Sometimes we need to be happy with what we've got. What makes us unique makes us special and this story is a humorous story about being who we are.

LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26

An Australian Shepherd named Henry laments his lack of a tail in this sweet picture-book from author/illustrator team Kate and Jules Feiffer, comparing himself to his many canine friends, and wishing he had something to wag himself. His somewhat unconventional attempts to gain a tail prove

less-than-successful, however, and eventually he concludes that he is just fine the way he is...

I enjoyed the punning and wordplay in Henry, the Dog With No Tail, as our lovable canine hero visits the tailor - every dog's first thought, when looking for a tail! - and a wagon-maker (to make his newly created tail wag, of course) in his effort to fit in with his friends, and find what he feels he is lacking. I also appreciated the message of the story, that we should accept ourselves for who we are, and understand that we don't have to be exactly like those around us to have worth. The artwork is humorous and appealing, as one would expect from Jules Feiffer, who illustrated one of my all-time favorite books, The Phantom Tollbooth. Recommended to young dog lovers, and to anyone looking for children's stories about difference and self-acceptance.

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