Curtis Manley’s 2025 picture book Grace Builds an <Almost-Perfect> Dog surprised me. Even though Tracy Subisak’s cover image clearly shows a girl hugging a dog, […]
Murray’s Howl-o-ween
Murray’s Howl-o-ween, E. G. Keller’s 2025 picture book, takes advantage of the similarity of sounds between “howl” like a dog and the first part of […]
Trouble Dog
Trouble Dog: From Shelter Dog to Conservation Hero is a 2025 picture book written by Carol A. Foote and illustrated by Larry Day. It tells […]
Ruffles and the Red, Red Coat
I recently read Ruffles and the Bouncy Ball. When I did, I didn’t know it was part of a series. (I know, that happens a […]
Ladybug Girl
Recently I read my first book in the Ladybug Girl series (Ladybug Girl and the Rescue Dogs), and only realized after reading it that a) […]
Ruffles and the Bouncy, Bouncy Ball
David Melling, author-illustrator of the 2025 picture book Ruffles and the Bouncy, Bouncy Ball, definitely knows dogs. This knowledge shows up in the tight, almost […]
My Pillow Keeps Moving!
I recently picked up Laura Gehl’s 2018 My Pillow Keeps Moving!…and I don’t know why. I don’t mean that dismissively: I enjoyed the book, and […]
I swear I didn’t know…
Okay, I feel silly, but I swear I didn’t know that the Ladybug Girl appeared in more than one book, even, though I had read […]
Bark Park!
I picked up Trudy Krisher’s 2018 picture book Bark Park! because I enjoyed the books that Brooke Boynton-Hughes had written and illustrated, and I was […]
Always in Trouble
I’m currently working on a picture book about dogs–shocking, I know–and so thought I’d read Always in Trouble, a 2004 picture book by Corinne Demas […]