Bow Wow By Kathy Leypoldt: Narrative Analysis

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Bye, Bye,
Bow Wow

An
Adventure

Written and Illustrated by Kathy Leypoldt

Bye, Bye,
Bow Wow

An
Adventure

Written and Illustrated by Kathy Leypoldt

Dedication

My Grandchildren: Annabeth Swayze, Merritt Swayze, Hadley Schultheis, Haid Schultheis, Nola Schultheis, “New Baby” Schultheis

Merry Christmas 2014

It’s so fun to be your Grandmom

This is

the story of

a fluffy little dog

by the name of Bow Wow.

He lives in a nice house, in a nice town with a nice family of four : Mommy, Daddy and two young children. Every morning as the sun comes up, the children awaken, they get out of their beds and run to the kitchen to feed Bow Wow. Then as soon as he was finished, they let him out through the patio door into a big back yard with a tall white fence. He explores the yard while the children get dressed for school and
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To Bow Wow’s amazement, it was the same postman that comes to his house every afternoon. Bow Wow recognized the white truck with red and blue lettering. “What do we have here?” says the postman to the children. “The little dog showed up at our window so we fed him a donut,” they responded.
“I recognize that dog, he is on the street at the end of my route. Every afternoon he looks out the front window to see me and as I leave, I wave bye, bye to him. Would you mind if I took him home, since I am on my way there now?” he asked. “Not at all,” said the baker, he needs to go to his own home.” Though the children were sad to see him go, they knew his family was looking for him. So, they kindly waved bye, bye as the postman picked Bow Wow up and buckled him into his front seat.
Bow Wow was so excited to be going home to his family and his yard. Waving to the baker and his children, the postman drove off with Bow Wow in the

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