Mr. Putney's Quacking Dog

A book of illustrated puns will keep children guessing - and laughing, as the author lists all of mister Putney's outrageous animals.

This is the kind of book that I first encountered by Jon Agee back when he was writing books of palindromes. I liked it then and I like this now. This is just silly and fun. His many animal friends are all of the non-traditional variety and are slightly altered from their traditional fellow animals

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in a way that Mr. Putney accepts. They are all renamed in accordance with their special skill and Mr. Putney finds a way to address and accommodate their special skill in his daily life. There is much of a story, but it wasn't intended as such I liked it.

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I simply like Jon Agee. I decided this by having discovered that I brought two books from the same author.

A funny picture book that asks what kind of animals Mr.Putney has. It uses something about the animal and combines it with the animal making it something unheard of. Example: What wakes Mr Putney up in the morning? An alarmadillo!