Some Doggone Good Books!

The following books have proven to be very popular with hundreds of youngsters who’ve read them time and time again. Some are appropriate for preschoolers, many for the elementary and middle school ages, and others have been enjoyed by students with special needs and challenges in learning. In most cases, the titles below link to a description of the story in the less expensive paperback version; most are also available in board book and hard cover editions.

For a brief description of the story, click on the book's title below. And please feel free to send an e-mail to librarydogs@cox.net to let us know about other great books you love, and they'll be added to this list of favorites.

A few very special titles:
Because of Winn-Dixie
Brave Norman: A True Story
Can Dogs Talk?
Cloudy With a Chance Of Meatballs
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa

Danger: The Dog Yard Cat
Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters From Obedience School
Dinorella: A Prehistoric Fairy Tale
Dinosaurumpus
Dog Breath!
Doggies
Duck for President
Francine Francine the Beach Party Queen
Free to Be Me: The Eskimo Way
Go, Dog. Go!
Good Night, Gorilla
Goodnight Moon
Green Eggs and Ham
(board book version with lift-and-look flaps to peek under)
Hardworking Puppies
Henry and Ribsy
I Love Dogs
I’ll Teach My Dog 100 Words,
by Dr. Seuss (look for this book in used-book stores)
Marsupial Sue
My Dog Is Lost
My Dog Truffle
My Little Sister Ate One Hare
Nora, the Fifty-Cent Dog
Owl Moon
Pippin Takes a Bath
Poodlena
Pssst! Doggie–
by Ezra Jack Keats (look for this book in used-book stores)
Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp
Stanley's Party
Ten Little Dinosaurs
The Best Pet of All
The Turtle Saver
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Three Little Lambs...Somewhere
Three Stories You Can Read to Your Dog
Walter, the Farting Dog
Wet Dog!

 


Favorite series:
Amelia Bedelia...
Big Dog and Little Dog.Going for a Walk, Big Dog and Little Dog Going Sailing, The Complete Adventures of Big Dog and Little Dog ...
Biscuit, Biscuit Goes to School, Biscuit Finds a Friend, Biscuit’s Christmas ....
Boomer’s Big Day, Boomer’s Big Surprise, Boomer Goes to School...
Can You See What I See: Dinosaurs, Can You See What I See...
How do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? How do Dinosaurs Play With Their Friends? How do Dinosaurs...
Mr. Putter and Tabby...
If You Give a Mouse A Cookie, If You Give a Moose a Muffin, If You Give a Pig a Pancake ...
Martha Speaks, Martha Blah Blah, Martha Walks the Dog ...
Magic Tree House...

Sally Goes to the Mountains, Sally Goes to the Beach, Sally Goes to the Vet ...

Language skills through rhyming wordplay:
A Mink, A Fink, A Skating Rink: What is a Noun?
A Lime, a Mime, a Pool of Slime: More About Nouns
Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What is an Adjective?
How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear?: What are Homonyms and Homophones?
I and You and Don't Forget Who: What is a Pronoun?
Nearly, Dearly, Insincerely: What Is an Adverb?
Pitch and Throw, Grasp and Know: What is a Synonym?
To Root, To Toot, To Parachute: What Is a Verb?Under, Over, by the Clover: What is a Preposition?

Safety can be interesting:
Officer Buckle and Gloria

True stories about actual Reading Education Assistance Dogs:
One Incredible Dog! Boone
One Incredible Dog! Kizzy
One Incredible Dog! Lady
Rafter's Story

 

 

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Good children’s literature appeals not only
to the child in the adult,
but to the adult in the child.