num_pages: 32
description: A dog laments his fate at obedience school through a series of hilarious letters home. When Ike LaRue is "imprisoned" at the Igor Brotweiler Canine Academy, he tries everything to get sent home -- from weepy letters to his owner to illness. In reality, Brotweiler is more like camp than prison, but still, Ike's not cut out for life without Mrs. LaRue. Finally, he runs away only to find himself back in Snort City -- just in time to save Mrs. LaRue's life. A classic picture book written and illustrated by How Do Dinosaurs...? artist Mark Teague.
language: English
title: Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School
titlecomplete: Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School
genres: Fiction, Writing, Animals, 2nd Grade, Picture Books, School, Humor, Childrens, Dogs, Fantasy
ratings_count: 8756
series: Ike LaRue
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Book Sense Book of the Year Award
category: Children's Illustrated, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Grand Canyon Reader Award
category: Picture Book, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Charlotte Award
publisher: Scholastic Press