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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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  • One by one, each dog escapes its yard and joins the adventure in this hilarious counting story.
    Picture Book, 2020New York : Abrams Appleseed, 2020. — E SNYDER
  • 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.
    Picture Book, 2025New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2025. — E BLACKA
  • To Dogs, With Love

    a Love Letter to the Dogs Who Help Us

    Gianferrari, Maria,
    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.
    Picture Book, 2023New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2023. — E GIANFE
  • When a play date with Grandma's new puppy Milo does not go as planned, Ollie finds a way to still have fun.
    Picture Book, 2024New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2024. — E KILLEN
  • 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.
    Picture Book, 2023San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2023] — MCANUL
  • Puppy Talk

    How Dogs Tell Us How They Feel

    French, Jess
    Learn exactly what your favourite canine is trying to tell you in this friendly and funny book about dog and puppy body language!
    Picture Book, 2024Lincoln, MA : Nosy Crow, 2024. — E FRENCH
  • A summery picture book about mindfulness, featuring an overheated--and overwhelmed-- canine in need of sea, sand, and fresh air.
    Picture Book, 2022New York : Alfred A. Knopf, of Random House Children's Books, 2022. — E SALATI
  • A dog looking for a home sends letters to prospective owners on Butternut Street, with surprising results.
    Picture Book, 2018New York : Random House, [2018] — E CUMMIN
  • Rollo, a little bulldog with a big personality loves to dig and chase things, but sometimes he digs and chases things he should not.
    Easy Reader, 2019New York : Penguin Workshop, [2019] — READER DUNCAN
  • A rhyming alphabet book featuring a family who have lost their dog at a Pride parade.
    Picture Book, 2021Victoria, British Columbia : Orca Book Publishers, 2021 — E STEVEN
  • Stormy

    a Story About Finding a Forever Home

    Guojing, 1983-
    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.
    Picture Book, 2019New York, New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, 2019 — E GUOJIN
  • 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.
    Picture Book, 2016New York, NY : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2016] — E MESHON
  • Emily Elizabeth loves her huge dog Clifford even though he's far from perfect.
    Book, 2010New York : Scholastic, [2010], c1985.
  • 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.
    Picture Book, 1956[New York] : HarperCollins, [1956] — E ZION
  • Lively and unusual things happen when Carl the dog is left in charge of the baby.
    Picture Book, 1991New York : Green Tiger Press, 1991. — E DAY
  • 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…
    Picture Book, 1995New York : Putnam's, c1995. — E RATHMA
  • 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…
    Picture Book, 2025New York, New York : Penguin Young Readers Licenses, 2025. — E BLUEY
  • A little white dog that nobody seems to want finds just the right home--and a name.
    Picture Book, 1997New York : Hyperion Books for Children, ©1997. — E WELLS
  • 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.
    Picture Book, 2024New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2024. — E JOYCE
  • 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?
    Picture Book, 2020New York : HarperColilns Publisher, 2020. — E FEIFFE

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