Ginger Pye

“Ginger Pye” is a charming and adventurous story when the newest member of the Pye family is kidnapped and it’s up to child siblings Jerry and Rachel Pye to find him and his abductor. It becomes more than just finding a missing dog as the story goes on, making it a swell read with a great loving family, their cat 🐈‍⬛ and their smart dog 🐶. <b>A- (91%/Excellent)</b>

I read this in elementary school when I was young. I read this aloud recently to my 5 and 7 year old kids. Some of the vocabulary is difficult for this age group to understand, but it gave us the opportunity to use context clues to make guesses about what certain words meant. This would be a great book for a 4th grader to read on their own.

young or old! I was in the 1st grade when this sweet little book was read to me by my sweet teacher, Mrs. Wilson...never had another like her! That was a long time ago! We recently rescued a stray part American Dingo...as near as we can tell.Unlike Ginger Pye in the story, our new Ginger is the DingoDogFromHell! ...but that's another story.This particular copy was a gift for my beloved Colorado nieces. Enjoy!!Ed

This is a 50+ year old book that almost feels timeless. Children today may romantically view the protagonists the way we thought of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer in the freedom they enjoyed to roam all over their home towns. But on every other level the emotions and thought processes of the Pye children as they acquire their first dog are universally experienced and shared. Ginger Pye clearly is the smartest dog in the world, or at least the smartest dog in every house but mine. His and his family's adventures, which are not always light-hearted, should delight almost everyone even today.

One of the things I loved about this book is its innocent description of life in a small town for a child 100 years ago or so. Their ability to manage their time, run freely, and be responsible is a distant memory for me (I grew up in the 50s and 60s).I bought this book because I had just adopted a dog and named her Ginger; after doing some research on the internet I found this book Ginger Pye, and bought it - a copy for me and one for the kids next door. Even though the Ginger dog in the book is a boy dog, it is a great fit for ust.

The story was just okay. It contained some great descriptive prose and the characters are well constructed. My 7 year old found it engaging but slow. The story was unnecessarily drawn out and included plot filler that seemed irrelevant and unnecessary. It was also surprisingly sad for what initially appeared to be a light children's book. My daughter has not asked to read other books in this series.

This is an endearing book that I have read to my second grade students for 8 years now. I would never think to NOT read it because they always love this well-written and funny story. In fact, students that I taught eight years ago still remember Ginger Pye and Uncle Benny (a favorite character). I enjoy it more each time I read it aloud to them and they beg me for me, even at lunch time!!

My daughter liked the book - but the plot went by very slowly

This book is so adorable!My daughters love it! I read it to them as they grow up with English in Germany.We have had lots of fun!This masterpiece really deserves its award.

I really don't understand how this book got such rave reviews. It is awful! The author goes off on side stories that have zero relevance and are so long that you lose track of the main thread of the story. The sentence structure is poor and over all it is just a bad example of quality writing. I am disappointed.