The Garden of Abdul Gasazi

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Customer Reviews:

The Garden of Abdul Gasazi [Posted on 2006-05-17]
This book was very enthralling to me. It was about a boy who has to take care of someone's evil dog. One day, they go for a walk and near a dog-forbidden magical garden. The leash breaks, and the boy must go find the dog. He goes up to the house of Abdul, and finds out that the dog has been transformed into a duck! He goes back home very worried. When the owner of the dog returns, he tells her the sad story. Then, all of a sudden, the dog appears.

Our Review [Posted on 2007-12-06]
We chose four stars for this book because it has a lot of expression but not much detail. The reason we did not choose five stars is because the first time we read it we thought it was kind of sad and did not like the trick Gasazi pulled on Alan. -Maggie and Wyatt, NES

The Garden of Abdul Gasazi [Posted on 2008-06-21]
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi was given to my husband and me when it was first published because we owned (and brought to work every day)a white bull terrier. Needless to say we loved it, but it is a measure of the volume's enduring appeal that years later it became a favorite of our sons' and that recently our now 23 year old,begged to be allowed to add that same copy to his own library. Now I am ordering a copy for a niece and nephew in hopes that they too will become fans. This one's a classic.

Good [Posted on 2008-07-01]
I liked this story. The storyline is simple but the pictures lead you to ponder on the story afterwards a little more.

Magic, Dogs, and Kids...Triple good !!! [Posted on 2008-08-11]
I am a children's magician who bought this book after seeing it on Reading Rainbow. I buy a book for every one of my library shows, and after reading it to the children as part of the show (with the help of my trusty side kick, a sheep dog puppet), we donate the book to the library. This book featured the three most important things relating to the show I was performing at the time : A dog, and child, and a mysterious old retired magician. Chirs Van Allsburg writes such incredible stuff, but this was a real find. Th kids loved it, the librarian loved, it, and it now has a new home at the Golden Gate Library in Naples, FL ! HIGHLY recommended....

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