I recently read Pig the Stinker, and enjoyed it enough that I wanted to double back and read the first book in Aaron Blabey’s popular […]
Walter the Farting Dog
Okay, technically, the 2001 picture book classic Walter the Farting Dog is not directly about dirty dogs, like Harry the Dirty Dog…but farts are definitely […]
Harry the Dirty Dog
As I mentioned yesterday, I’m currently writing a picture book about a dog who gets dirty intentionally, and so I’m reading picture books about dirty […]
Pig the Stinker
I’m currently working on a picture book about a dirty god–a dog that gets dirty intentionally–and so I’m reading other books about dirty dogs. This […]
My Dog Mouse
Eva Lindstrom’s My Dog Mouse is lovely, lyrical, and touching. It gives a very real sense of what kids wants, and of dog-person relations. The […]
The Rough Patch
I’m a fan of Brian Lies, and recently got to take part in a webinar with him. If you haven’t read/seen his 2025 book Cat […]
Earth Rover
Some picture books work well without context. Where the Wild Things Are is a classic example. Small in the City is a contemporary example. Taylor […]
City Dog, Country Frog
Like millions of others, I love Mo Willems‘ pigeon books. In fact, that’s what I thought of when I heard his name. I had never […]
From Wolf to Woof!
In the author’s note at the back of From Wolf to Woof! Hudson Talbott explains that he had long been interested in the relationship between […]
The Longest Letsgoboy
I’ve tried to read The Longest Letsgoboy, a 2021 picture book by Derick Wilder (illustrated by Catia Chien) several times. I have always failed, and […]