Carl's Masquerade

All of Alexandra Day's Good Dog Carl books are wonderful books to share with children, but this one is my favorite.

Very inventive & clever. These were written for the parents as well as the child.

My girls, 6 and 18 months love Carl. Carl's Masquerade is full of vibrant and fun pictures, which creativily carry you through another 'Carl and baby adventure'. Carl and baby wait until mom and dad leave for a masquerade party then sneek out following from a distance to join the party themselves. This book tells itself through the pictures, allowing the reader to make up the words of their own story line...So wonderful to not have to read the same words five times a day...or until you hide the book from the kids! Any young imagination will love this and other Carl books. My daughter first 'phrase' was "good dog carl". Which, Good Dog Carl was the first of the carl books we bought. She read it so much we had to buy a new copy because the first wore out! Happy reading!Good Dog, Carl : A Classic Board BookCarl's Masquerade (Carl)

If you're going to get one "Carl" book, make it this one! We had originally borrowed this from the library and it was such a favorite of our 18-month old girl that we bought it. We have since given way to buying more Carl, but this one is the best. As usual, there are very few words, but the pictures are particularly beautiful in this book as Carl takes baby to a masquerade party. The expressions on the baby's face (and the dog's, for that matter!) are captured magnificently. This would make my top 5 of books I've read to my daughter.

This is one of my favorites as each time I take it out it makes me smile. Carl takes baby out and "follows" mom and dad to a masquerade party. How amusing when Carl and baby meet up with an "identical" costume match at the party! Just footsteps behind the parents they partake of food and festivities and then it is time to leave and safely arrive back home. Mom and dad linger at store windows "allowing" the careful babysitter to take his charge back to bed. Some reviewers believe Day's books set bad examples, but I totally disagree. All antics are in fun and mischief.