Odd Dog Out

By Author / Illustrator

Rob Biddulph

Genre

Representation & Inclusion

Age range(s)

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

ISBN

9780008184780

Format

Paperback / softback

Published

26-01-2017

Synopsis

It's a dog's life in the big city... Come join one busy dog on her journey to find her place in the world, from Rob Biddulph - the genius behind the #DrawWithRob phenomenon and the bestselling and award-winning Blown Away!

For busy dogs
A busy day
Of busy work
And busy play...

But one dog doesn't quite fit in. It's lonely being the odd dog out. She's willing to go to the other side of the world to look for her place in it... but it might take a different kind of journey for her to realise that maybe where she's meant to be is right back where she started...

A gloriously illustrated story about leaving home and finding yourself, from the bestselling and award-winning Rob Biddulph, the creative star behind the viral and phenomenal #DrawWithRob and author of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize-winning Blown Away!

This is the perfect story for boys and girls of 4+, dog-lovers everywhere and anyone who feels like the odd one out! Share it with your family and friends, and enjoy Rob Biddulph's trademark warm-hearted humour.

Reviews

Odd Dog Out is a story about identity, being different and fitting in or not. Odd Dog is a sausage dog who lives in a town where all the other sausage dogs dress in exactly the same way, whether they are swimming, playing a violin or swimming. But poor Odd Dog is different: she looks different and feels very left out because of this. So she packs her bags and leaves to town in search of a new life.

She finds this in 'Doggywood' where all the dogs look just like her and she is very excited by this. In this new town she then meets a male dog who is different and enjoys being so. He tells her 'I love to stand out from the crowd. And so should you. Stand tall. Be proud.' This sentiment rings true and she makes her way back to her odd town where all the residents are very pleased to see her. She then encourages them to be different and to find themselves.

This is a lovely book in many ways. The illustrations give the sausage dogs real expressions and are very amusing. It would make it a very good book to use as a basis for discussion with a KS1 class around identity and being oneself.

Picture book / Ages 4+ / Reviewed by Fiona Collins, consultant.