Submitted by Ms. Tammy!
Hooray for Reading Day! by Margery Cuyler, illustrated by Arthur Howard. Jessica finds herself filled with anxiety as she battles the difficult task of learning to read. Jessica stumbles over her words in class and everyone laughs, making her even more nervous over the upcoming Reading Theater Day. Each child must wear a costume and read a short line aloud in front of classmates and families. Her teacher continues to encourage her, and soon, with the help of her family and her dog Wiggles, Jessica is ready for the big show! After a glowing performance, with no mistakes, Jessica finds she loves to read, and spends the rest of the night reading to Wiggles! See this book listed in our catalog
Dogs
Herbert: The True Story of a Brave Sea Dog
Nothing But a Dog
Submitted by Ms. Sue!
Nothing But a Dog By Bobbi Katz and illustrated by Jane Manning is about a little girl that wants, with all her heart, a dog of her own. Not a parakeet, or cat. A dog. Because once it starts, that longing for a dog feeling, no thing can stop it. Not even when you are doing really fun things, like making perfect figure eights while you are skating. Or riding a grown up bike everywhere, or eating popcorn with your best friend during a monster movie. There is nothing, no matter how special the thing is, it can’t stop the longing for a dog. A dog can meet you when you come home from school and say “I love you!” in dog language. Going to sleep with your dog tucked in with you helps you dream happy things every night. Only a dog can stop the longing for a dog. Expressive text and soft water colors will help you remember the childhood wish of having a dog of your own to love. See this book listed in our catalog
Say Hello
Woof: A Love Story
Submitted by Ms. Tess!
Normally when you think of a dog and a cat you don’t picture star-crossed lovers. But that’s only because you haven’t read Woof: A Love Story by Sarah Weeks, illustrated by Holly Berry. In this story, our Romeo is a dog, who loves doing typical dog things, until he meets his Juliet… a cat! When the dog sees the cat he falls instantly in love with her, and tells her so, proclaiming: “I love you!” “You’re pretty,” and “Climb down. I adore you.” But all she hears is “WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF” and runs and hides. The poor dog is devastated, so he decides to console himself the way a dog likes to–by digging a hole. And he finds a bone! A Trom-bone to be exact. And he plays the trombone, turning his powerful emotions into music, which is a language everyone can understand. Finally the cat understands his feeling for her, and tells him, “I love you” too. Of course all he hears in “Meow” but he knows what she means. See this book listed in our catalog