![]() ![]() Gene Zion and Margaret Bloy Graham's Harry the Dirty Dog, first published in 1956 and now rereleased with splashes of color added by the artist herself, is one of those picture books that children never forget. Youngsters will completely relate to the urge to rebel, the thrill of getting dirty, and, finally, the reassurance of family. In a stroke of doggy genius, he unearths the bath brush, begs for a bath, and the rest is history. ![]() When sliding down the coal chute, he actually changes from a white dog with black spots to a black dog with white spots! Of course, by the time he gets home he is completely unrecognizable to his family-even when he does all his clever flip-flopping tricks. But in the end, harry gets so dirty that his owners dont recognise him and so he has to beg for the thing he used to dread so much so they let him back into the houshold. Harry gets dirty playing in the street, dirtier at the railroad, and dirtier still playing tag with the other dogs. Harry is a black and white dog who hates having a bath - so when he sees his owner with the dredded bath, he runs away. "Harry was a white dog with black spots who liked everything, except getting a bath." Taking matters into his own paws, he buries his family's scrubbing brush in the backyard and runs away from home before they can wrangle him into the tub. ![]()
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