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“Bandit”, By Ellen Miles

December 3, 2012 by Mom on the Make 8 Comments

Imagineer really loves stories about dogs.

She found Bandit at her school library a few weeks ago, and absolutely loved this sweet story.

Imagineer found time today out of her busy schedule to meet with me and answer a few questions about the book.

I will be curious how this compares to  A Dog’s Life and Smells Like Dog.  These are two recent books she enjoyed.

I’m guessing they were the impetus for her choosing Bandit, another dog story.  I am definitely sensing a pattern in story lines that she enjoys. 🙂

Q. Describe this book in a few sentences

A. It was happy.  It was nice. It was calm and it was a good book.  It was about a dog named Bandit who finds a home, but he needs heart surgery.  The owners couldn’t pay for it so they gave Bandit to a truck stop place.  These kids adopted him, and they made money through dog walking services for the heart surgery.  One of the kid’s uncles adopted him.  Since he is a trucker, he gets lonely on the road, so Bandit is good company.

Q. Describe the main characters

A.  The main characters are Bandit, a small shitzu, a girl and the girl’s friend.  I forget their names.  They are both really thoughtful and nice.  The girl makes stuff kind of into a competition even when they’re not.

Q.  What is your most favorite scene in the book?

A.  My favorite scene was near the beginning when the woman comes out holding the shitzu and the girls love him and fall for him and become really attached to him in the thirty seconds that they first saw him.

Q.  What was the worst scene in the book?

A. The worst scene was when the note next to Bandit said that he had to have heart surgery and they could not care for him.  The note was from the previous owners.

Q. What did you learn from this book?

A. I learned from this book that if you want something, you can work for it, and then you can get it.

Q. Would you recommend this book to your friends?

A.  Yes, especially the ones that love puppies.

Thank you so much to Imagineer for her review.

As a Mom, I have to say that I love her answer to what she learned from the book.

I love books that promote hard work, teamwork, thoughtfulness, and kindness.

This book sounds very heartwarming and the story earned high praises from Imagineer.

Once she picked this book up, she could not put it down.

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  1. On the quiet path says

    December 6, 2012 at 10:58 am

    I love the questions you’ve come up with for this book review! What a great way to teach kids how to be deep readers!
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  2. Renee C. says

    December 7, 2012 at 1:51 pm

    There is definitely a trend with the dog books. Hmmm….

    I love that Imagineer got that message from the book. It’s so important for them to think through what they learn from reading a story to fully appreciate it.

    Thanks for linking into the Kid Lit Blog Hop and thanks so much for co-hosting this one with us! And, it was fun having you and Imagineer as our Featured Guest Reviewers this week! Have a nice weekend! 😀
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  3. Valerie Ormond says

    December 9, 2012 at 7:48 pm

    I like books that recognize that children want to make a difference, too. I especially like your comment: “I love books that promote hard work, teamwork, thoughtfulness, and kindness.” I wrote a book that promotes similar virtues, and I’ve been overwhelmed by the positive responses and actions. Too many people want to criticize when there is so much positive in our youth today. Thank you for recognizing that positivity.
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    • Melinda (Mom on the Make) says

      December 10, 2012 at 7:44 am

      Thank you so much for such a sweet comment. I completely agree. There are plenty of very positive examples in our youth today. Books that focus on positive character traits are always at the top of my list. I just love it when kids learn from incredible mentors and strong characters from great books. I will have to check out your book! Thanks so much for stopping by.

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  4. Jaymie Shook says

    December 11, 2012 at 12:20 pm

    Excellent lesson! Sounds like the characters show a lot of persistence. That’s definitely a trait I want Max to grow into. So far, he’s pretty good at it when he wants cookies. Hopefully we’ll apply it in a broader sense one of these days!
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    • Melinda (Mom on the Make) says

      December 14, 2012 at 4:54 pm

      Yes, persistence is so great to see in our little ones. With persistence and hard work, anything is possible. I love the way the author makes this lesson so understandable to the under 10 year old set through a story about a sweet dog.

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  5. Phil Servary says

    December 14, 2012 at 10:54 am

    I love the lesson in kindness. We never know what someone else is going through. That’s an important lesson for school-aged children, especially in this age of cyber-bullying and the plain old regular kind of bullying as well.
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    • Melinda (Mom on the Make) says

      December 14, 2012 at 5:00 pm

      I love the lesson of kindness too. When our little ones see characters in stories that they respect acting this way, they want to emulate them, and I love that!

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