Picture Puffin Books: Whistle for Willie (Hardcover)

from lpeal

A boy named Peter wanted to learn to whistle. He mainly wanted to whistle so his dog Willie would look around and see who was whistling. He tries many different things through out the book, he even wears hat to feel grown up. Hw finally learns to whistle. It is a great book that teaches kids to n...

from crashingwaves38

I didn't really care for this book. It kinda meandered away from the point for the majority of the book. Part of the reason he wanted to learn how to whistle was so that he could hide and whistle for his dog just so the dog would get confused when he couldn't find who was whistling. How nice is t...

from conuly

Nice book about a little (black) boy who wants to learn to whistle, and, predictably, eventually does. It's always nice to have picture books that feature black kids that take place in the US and that don't make "being black" the focus of the story, or else talk all about some "issue". The truth ...

from kdcoshatt

This book is about a little boy named Peter who wants to learn to whistle so that he can call his dog when it is time to go home. Peter finds that he cannot whistle no matter how hard he tries. He tries to find things to help him whistle, like wearing his father's hat and pretending to be him.

from mheitz

"Whistle for Willie" is a sweet book about a boy who wants to learn how to whistle so that his dog will go to him. In the end, he is able to whistle and call his dog. What I really like about this book are he illustrations and the determination Peter shows in the story. I would use this in the cl...