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| Uncover a Dog (Uncover Books) | 
| Author: Paul Beck
Publisher: Silver Dolphin Books
Category: Book
List Price: $18.95
Buy New: $9.60
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 54302
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 16
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 11.7 x 10.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 1592238041
Dewey Decimal Number: 636
EAN: 9781592238040
ASIN: 1592238041
Publication Date: April 28, 2008
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Product Description
Petting a dog, running with her, playing fetch, or rubbing her belly reminds us of the importance of the friendship between people and their canine pets. Young readers learn all there is to know about their furry pals with this book. What makes them different from one another? What’s under the skin of a yellow Labrador retriever? These are some of the questions answered here. From beagles and basenjis to salukis and Samoyeds, Uncover a Dog takes an inside look at the special anatomical and behavioral characteristics that make dogs our most trusted and lovable animal companions.
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A good introduction to the physiology of a dog, but it doesn't have to be that deep November 11, 2008
This book is part of the Uncover Book series. The center of the book is made up of layers of plastic anatomical models of the physiological systems of a dog. The text surround the cut-out middle contains various facts related to the featured system. Photos and illustrations further support the information presented. As you lift each page, you can isolate the featured system and reveal another layer.
The pages, front and back, cover the system suspended in the cut-out area. The areas covered are as follows: Best Friends (with a see-through image of Labrador Retriever), Skull and Jaws, Skeleton, Cardiopulmonary, Reproductive, Digestion, Nervous System, Muscle System, and Skin and Fur.
The book presents many facts related to featured system. In some cases, I was surprised to learn new things about dogs (a litter of pups can have more than one father). I also found myself wanted to enforce knowledge I already knew (calling one of my dogs over so I could feel his legs as I looked at the pictures and plastic representation of the dog's leg bones).
The book doesn't provide an exhaustive explanation of the systems (I found the cardiopulmonary section lacking). Some of the plastic representations are a little disappointing (the reproductive system is a small squiggle). The book is more of a springboard to delving deeper elsewhere if there is an interest.
Overall, I liked the book. I feel it would be of great interest to most young readers and would be enjoyed by the adults sharing it with them. The book is not just for dog owners. It would pair nicely with other books in the series so the reader could compare and contrast different species.
 Wonderful Book! August 22, 2008
As a dog breeder, I really value the visual details provided in this imaginative book. It's a accurate representation of canine anatomy using relevant descriptive terms. I highly recommend this book.
 A little disappointing compared to earlier books in the series August 12, 2008
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My daughter loves both dogs and Uncover books, so we were excited to see this one come out. I have to say, we were a little disappointed. Both the facts presented in the text and the parts included in the model seem to have been chosen randomly. The book does not present a systematic introduction to a dog's anatomy and the facts do not join together to make a whole as they did in the human body book, where every page talks about a different body system. It did not hold my child's interest as much as the earlier books did.
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