I had no idea what I thought this book might be about, but I read it anyways. I thought it was neat of Christelow to use the phrase "five-dog night" or "two-dog night" to describe how cold Ezra thought it was. He did not use blankets, rather he covered up with his dogs and they kept him warm. There was a bit of repetition in that Betty continuously checked on Ezra and he always gave her attitude and told her to stop checking on him. I thought it was great that Christelow changed Ezra's attitude when Betty stopped checking on him. He became gloomy and in a slump. I think that shows children that even though someone might be bothering them, their life would be duller without them in it. ( )

Ezra is a grumpy old man that lives alone with five dogs. His dogs love the busybody neighbor, Betty. Fall is coming and Betty tells Ezra he will need a blanket soon. His response is he is fine, he doesn't need anything. Betty calls him stubborn and he calls her nosy. Next day she tells him it was a chilly night and he says nope just a one dog night. Couple months later she tells him about winter weather, he insists he will be fine. The next day he tells her it was a two dog night. It snows and Betty brings Ezra a blanket but he doesn't use it and says its a three dog night. Couple weeks later, temperatures are below zero, Betty drives to Ezra's house with hot chocolate and notices no smoke coming out the chimney. She walks in and sees him sleeping with all his dogs. He jumps up and wonders why she's there and she said just checking on you. He said don't worry you old nosy busybody. She said fine I won't you are a grouch. Weeks went by, weather got warmer, the dogs watched for Betty daily. Ezra felt grumpy and didn't know why. He decides to put on his nicest shirt and bake cookies for Betty. Him and his five dogs go to her house to discover she has five dogs too now. She tells Ezra she got them because they are better company than some people she knows. They brew tea and eat cookies. Ezra said weather is getting warmer, her reply was it's only a one dog night. Ezra said nope its a two dog night, you will catch a pneumonia. I recommend this book to grades K-3. This book is a good book to read to teach a lesson about appreciating others company. Children will enjoy the plot and the characters are entertaining because they are so different. ( )

A cute story of two elderly neighbors, one a cranky old man, the other a nosy old lady. He is happy to spend his days and nights with his five dogs. He doesn't like her daily visits until she stops visiting. He then decides to go visit her. Much to his surprised she has five dogs of her own now! ( )

This is a story about an old man named Ezra and his 5 dogs. Ezra's neighbor, Betty, comes to visit him everyday, much to the annoyance of Ezra. His reply to Betty's insistance on the cold weather is always "Wasn't so bad, it was only a 1 dog night" (and as it gets colder, the number of dogs increase). Finally, as Betty checks up on Ezra to see if he is okay, he yells at her to never come back. As Ezra gets lonely, he visits Betty as a peace-offering and finds out that she now has 5 dogs!

A cute story, I guess, but a little boring and kind of pointless in my opinion. I'm sure younger kids will like it. ( )

Ezra had five dogs that lived with him. Betty lived not to far and everyday she came to visit. Ezra did care for betty too much. It began to get cold and Betty told Ezra he needs an extra blanket, but Ezra said NO! The next day Betty made a comment about how cold it was and Ezra said it was only a one dog night. As the days went on the colder it got and Betty kept telling Ezra hes going to need that blanket. Every morning Ezra would tell Betty he did not need it that it was a two dog night and so on. By the fifth night it was freezing! A fire was very much needed at this point. The next day Betty noticed that no smoke was coming from Ezra's house. She thought he must be dead if there was no fire all night. When she went to check on him she saw him laying there with all five dogs. When he saw her in his house he kicked her out and told her to never come back again. Ezra becomes lonely now. What happens next? Ezra goes and finds Betty sleeping in bed with five dogs! ( )