Stanley at sea [eBook - NC Kids Digital Library] : Stanley series, book 3

in The Third Hilarious Installment Of The Adventures Of Stanley, Our Questing Hero And His Pals Embark On An Adventure That Makes Sea-dogs Of Them All. children's Literature stanley, The Irrepressible Pup Hero, Is In The Park With His Doggy Friends. They Are Hungry But Are Shooed Away From The Picnic Table. Even The Trashcan Full Of Discarded Food Is Carted Away Before They Can Reach It. When They Go After A Ham Sandwich In A Boat, They Are Shocked To Find Themselves Adrift And Swept Out To Sea. Stanley Decides That They Are On Their Way To The End Of Outside, Where There Surely Will Be A Fence. What They Assume Is That That Fence, Over Which They Are Hauled Through The Mist, Has People On The Top Who Bring Them All The Steak And Sausages They Can Eat. This Answer To All Their Dreams Turns Out To Be A Large Ship. When They Are Rowed Back To His People The Dogs Tell Their Friends About The End Of Outside, The Big Fence, And The Wonderful Feast On Top. No Dog Has Ever Found That Fence Again But They think About It All The Time. The Canine Quartet Is Brimming Over With Personality. Slavin Takes Advantage Also Of Their Different Breeds And Sizes To Increase The Comic Situation. His Double-page Acrylic Scenes Depict The Park, The Crowds On The Bridge Watching The Drifting Boat, And A Convincing Ocean. Humor Dominates The Pages. Reviewer: Ken Marantz And Sylvia Marantz Stanley's thrown his party -- and braved his wild ride. Now Stanley and his pals embark on an adventure that makes sea?dogs of them all! It's picnic time in the park -- but not for Stanley. He knows he's not supposed to beg, but his people are always eating. And Stanley is always hungry! After he's told to "get," Stanley wanders down by the river where he runs into Alice, Nutsy and Gassy Jack. Soon their keen noses lead them to a delicious treat on a small boat with no people in sight. When the boat's mooring comes loose, they float away with the current down the river, under a bridge and then out to sea! It's a scary new world where the sky stretches in every direction and big waves crash. The dogs know that when you're Outside, sooner or later you always come to a fence. When suddenly through the mist they see what looks like a very tall fence, they know they've come to the End of Outside! But what kind of fence is this? Stanley knew he wasn't supposed to beg, but with no one sharing, what is a hungry dog supposed to do? When he somehow ends up adrift and heading out to sea, it dawns on him that they are headed to the end of Outside! What will they find there, and more important, will there be food?