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Paw-some Books for Kids
August is National Dog Month! Check out some of our favorite dog-themed picture books!
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- If we were dogs, what kind would we be? I'd be a big dog! And you'd be little dog. Woof! Join two friends as they bark and growl, woof and howl - and maybe even quack - in a romp that makes room for everybody's ideas.
- A tribute to all types of service dogs that perform important jobs, from providing emotional support to helping disabled people, gives thanks to every human's best friend.
- When a play date with Grandma's new puppy Milo does not go as planned, Ollie finds a way to still have fun.
- After meeting a dog during a walk, a little girl declares that she wants one hundred dogs, but as her parents point out all the difficulties, she gradually reduces the number--until she gets the one dog she really wants.
- Learn exactly what your favourite canine is trying to tell you in this friendly and funny book about dog and puppy body language!
- A summery picture book about mindfulness, featuring an overheated--and overwhelmed-- canine in need of sea, sand, and fresh air.
- A dog looking for a home sends letters to prospective owners on Butternut Street, with surprising results.
- Rollo, a little bulldog with a big personality loves to dig and chase things, but sometimes he digs and chases things he should not.
- A rhyming alphabet book featuring a family who have lost their dog at a Pride parade.
- A stray pup. A kind woman. A fierce storm. How they come together is at the heart of this ... wordless picture book that celebrates patience, friendship and finding a forever home.
- From playtime to naptime, a dog and his girl do everything together as they spend the day exploring their neighborhood with the girl's mother and father.
- Emily Elizabeth loves her huge dog Clifford even though he's far from perfect.
- When a white dog with black spots runs away from home, he gets so dirty his family doesn't recognize him as a black dog with white spots.
- Lively and unusual things happen when Carl the dog is left in charge of the baby.
- Officer Buckle knows more about safety than anyone in the town of Napville. But whenever he tries to share his safety tips, nobody listens - until the day the Napville Police Department buys a police dog named Gloria, who has her own way of…
Bluey
Cricket
It's time for a game of cricket! As the adults struggle to get Rusty out, Bluey wonders-what is cricket all about? But the more she learns about Rusty, his family, and the idea of sportsmanship, the more she sees that cricket is more than just a…- A little white dog that nobody seems to want finds just the right home--and a name.
- In a world overcome by sadness, the arrival of Rocket Puppies from the outer reaches of Not-from-Here brings joy and laughter, but the puppies must face off against Snarly McBummerpants and stop him from spreading gloom with Mopey Smoke.
- When George's mother asks her pup to add one plus one, two plus two, and three plus three, George would rather eat, go for a walk, and take a nap. But soon George finds himself in a colorful dream about...numbers! Can George count his way out?
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