Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #7)

For Whom the Ball Rolls is a kids book but it successfully deals with a number of mature themes: parental abandonment, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Stoicism. While the kids may not notice it, there are pretty strong lessons attached that, like the title, spring from Ernest Hemingway. These intertwined themes are the priority of action over feeling and the fact that human beings have some choice as to how they view the world. First, like clients of behavioral psychologists, the protagonists learn that what they do becomes what they are. If you act lovingly towards somebody you love them no matter what you may feel. Similarly, human beings can choose to focus on all that is wrong with the world or on what is right. Where one persons sees crowds of hypocritical lives, pollution and the extinction of much of the biosphere another can choose to focus on decreasing levels of abject poverty, technological improvement and a growing recognition of the rights of all men and women. Hemingway obviously deals with Stoic themes more profoundly throughout his writings than does Dog-Man. But for someone like me who tends to think these are good ideas, introducing them to kids in an age appropriate way is actually kind of important. And yet, the book isn’t preachy or heavy at all. It’s a good choice for parents who want their children to get some solid nourishment along with the usual silliness of a Dav Pilkey book. Highly recommended.

I am soooo exited for the seventh Dog man book to come out you should try reading the whole Dog man series it is so fun. you should try reading it so if you want to read about action and something never boring red Dog man!

My 10 year old loves this series. We always make sure to get the newest book as soon as it comes out. Great reading and makes kids love to read.

There is another 1! I am so gonna pre order this bad boi! If they make another one afta ill actually rip off my hair

He has outdone himeself this time.I bet this is going to be the best one ever!Dav pilkey has inspired me to my make my very own comics!My brother to!Sometimes we make dog man comics.Sometimes we make different ones like cow lady or snake man.In this book the super buddies help dog man get over his bad habits.Sometimes I sell my comics.Sometimes I dont.So far the new dog man is good.And so far it is the best of them all!It is called dog man for whom the ball rolls.I think its great.My brother says its great I agree.It is the sixth dog man book.dav pilkey has worn himself out.Me and brother Jon LOVE dog man.Do you LOVE dog man.