What’s That Duggy Dog?
Before you read the book:
1. Who is the author of this book?
2. Who is the illustrator?
3. Who is the book dedicated to?
4. Name the publisher of the book.
5. When was the book first published?
6. How many chapters are there?
7. From the Blurb on the back cover, name the character in the story who is frightened of a strange monster.
The story:
1. What time of year was it at the start of the story?
2. How can you tell that Duggy Dog likes this time of year?
3. Who did Duggy go to see first?
4. Why do you think Floss was told not to dig the holes too deep by the smallest dog?
5. Why wouldn’t Minty come out to play?
6. What did the robin fly off to find on page 20?
7. Were you surprised when you read what the ‘monster’ was? Explain your answer.
8. Why do you think Minty thought it was a monster?
9. Who had built it and when?
10. How did Duggy’s accident on the slide end up ‘saving the day’?
11. Did you enjoy this story? Explain your answer.
What’s That Duggy Dog?
Before you read the book:
1. Who is the author of this book? Brian Ball
2. Who is the illustrator? Lesley Smith
3. Who is the book dedicated to? For Andrew
4. Name the publisher of the book. Hamish Hamilton
5. When was the book first published? 1994
6. How many chapters are there? None
7. From the Blurb on the back cover, name the character in the story who is frightened of a strange monster. Minty
The story:
1. What time of year was it at the start of the story? Winter
2. How can you tell that Duggy Dog likes this time of year? He rolls in the snow and shook it all off.
3. Who did Duggy go to see first? Jasper
4. Why do you think Floss was told not to dig the holes too deep by the smallest dog? Because it’s easy for him to get lost behind snow drifts.
5. Why wouldn’t Minty come out to play? Scared of a monster in the corner of the field.
6. What did the robin fly off to find on page 20? Nuts
7. Were you surprised when you read what the ‘monster’ was? Explain your answer. Yes because it’s only a snow man.
8. Why do you think Minty thought it was a monster? Because it hadn’t been there the night before and it had beady eyes and twig arms which might have made it look like a monster.
9. Who had built it and when? The children before they went to school.
10. How did Duggy’s accident on the slide end up ‘saving the day’? Knocks the snowman down.
11. Did you enjoy this story? Explain your answer. OPEN