Rated "Good" in our old book database by Rod and Adelia ( )

Cute, the mall reminds me of the old department store where I grew up with an elevator/escalator and multiple floors. Still, Baby and Carl get up into some hijinks...!

Love the Babar and Pooh cameos on the toy floor. ( )

I gave Carl Goes Shopping a 4/5 stars because I think the book was funny and children who are unable to read will find humor in the story. The mother leaves her baby while she heads upstairs to see her sister and asks the dog Carl to watch the baby. Obviously dogs cannot understand and obey instructions as complex as that so Carl takes the baby out on the town on his back. They go into the mall and see the TV's, they end up wearing hats, and of course Carl takes baby to the pet store. Carl gets baby back just in time so that the mother doesn't know that they ever left and she tells him "good boy." This book would be great for young readers, especially those who cannot read yet or those who are reading to understand irony, to understand the love between dog and human, to understand that dogs obviously cannot go in public and go shopping which makes it funny, and so they can laugh at the irony of the mother telling Carl that he did a good job watching the baby because neither of them can tell her about the day they had. ( )

Cute story of the adventures Carl, the dog and babysitter, takes the baby on while the baby's mother thinks he is minding the child in her carriage. The background for the detailed pictures was too dark. ( )

When Madeline and Carl (Madeline's Rottweiler caretaker) visit a daycare, teacher Mrs. Manning gets locked out of the building. As Mrs. Manning devises various methods to unlock the door, Carl keeps the young children on schedule with their daily activities. Very little dialogue and vivid pictures make this book a delightful experience for preschoolers. ( )