| The Adventures of Taxi Dog Contributor(s): Barracca, Debra (Author), Barracca, Sal (Author), Buehner, Mark (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0140566651 ISBN-13: 9780140566659 Publisher: Puffin Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2000 Annotation: His name is Maxi and he rides in a taxi with his best friend Jim every day! Maxi the dog spends his days roaming the city streets, scavenging for food. Then one day a kind taxi driver named Jim offers him friendship, a home, and a place in the front seat. From that moment on, Maxi and Jim share all sorts of crazy adventures -- involving opera singers, circus clowns, and one hilarious Groucho Marx disguise! |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles - City & Town Life - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Dogs |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 89001056 |
| Lexile Measure: 600 |
| Series: Picture Puffin Books |
| Physical Information: 0.18" H x 10.8" W x 8.01" (0.31 lbs) 31 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 9562 Reading Level: 3.0 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Maxi, a homeless mutt in New York City, has always fended for himself. Then one day a kind taxi driver named Jim offers him friendship, a home, and a place in the front seat From that moment on, Maxi and Jim revel in the sights and sounds of the city, and share all sorts of wild adventures-from rushing two clowns and a chimp to the circus, to singing duets with an opera diva These and other adventures are brilliantly depicted in Mark Buehner's witty, detail-packed oil paintings. |