by Kristen Scheeler
August 26th is National Dog Day! Celebrate your furry friends by curling up with them on the couch with one of these great books or movies. Children’s books are listed at the top, followed by young adult titles, under those are the adult books, with a mix of DVDs at the bottom. Enjoy!
Children’s Nonfiction
Security dogs by Bendix Anderson
Children’s / HV 8025 .A53 2005
Dogs by Gail Gibbons.
Children’s / SF 426.5 .G53 1996
Working dogs by Jen Green.
Children’s / SF 428.2 .G74 2009
Beagles by Margaret Mincks.
Children’s / SF 429 .B3 M56 2018
Dachshunds by Valerie Bodden.
Children’s / SF 429 .D25 B63 2018
Newfoundlands are the best! by Elaine Landau.
Children’s / SF 429 .N4 L36 2011
Guide to owning a Pomeranian by Vikki Ellmann.
Children’s / SF 429 .P8 E44 1999
Pugs by Kate Riggs.
Children’s / SF 429 .P9 R54 2018
Children’s Picture Books
Clifford the small red puppy by Norman Bridwell
Children’s Picture Book / Bridwell
Poor Puppy by Nick Bruel
Children’s Picture Book / Bruel
Gaston by Kelly DiPucchio
Children’s Picture Book / DiPucchio
My new mom and me by Renata Galindo.
Children’s Picture Book / Galindo
Boo : the life of the world’s cutest dog by J. H. Lee
Children’s Picture Book / Lee
Fancy Nancy and the posh puppy by Jane O’Connor
Children’s Picture Book / O’Connor
Pride puppy! by Robin Stevenson
Children’s Picture Book / Stevenson
Hachiko : the true story of a loyal dog by Pamela S. Turner
Children’s Picture Book / Turner
The pigeon wants a puppy! by Mo Willems.
Children’s Picture Book / Willems
Children’s Beginning Reader
Guess who sniffs by Apple Jordan.
Children’s Beginning Reader / SF 426.5 .J67 2012
Puppies by Erin Kelly.
Children’s Beginning Reader / SF 426.5 .K45 2021
Beagles by Mari Schuh.
Children’s Beginning Reader / SF 429 .B3 S38 2016
Bathtime for Biscuit by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Children’s Beginning Reader / Capucilli
Brave Norman by Andrew Clements ; illustrated by Donald Cook.
Children’s Beginning Reader / Clements
Go, dog, go! by Philip D. Eastman.
Children’s Beginning Reader / Eastman
Drop it, Rocket by Tad Hills.
Children’s Beginning Reader / Hills
Children’ Beginning Chapter Books
Lauren the puppy fairy by Daisy Meadows
Beginning Chapter Books / Meadows
Patches by Ellen Miles.
Beginning Chapter Books / MILES
Dog heroes by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce
Beginning Chapter Books / Osborne
Dogsledding and extreme sports by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce
Beginning Chapter Books / Osborne
December dog by Ron Roy
Beginning Chapter Books / Roy
Young Adult
Sounder by William H. Armstrong
Young Adult Fiction / Armstrong
The call of the wild by Jack London
Young Adult Paperback / London
Brian’s hunt by Gary Paulsen.
Young Adult Fiction / Paulsen
Where the red fern grows : the story of two dogs and a boy by Wilson Rawls
Young Adult Fiction / Rawls
Virals by Kathy Reichs.
Young Adult Fiction / Reichs, K.
Spy x family. Vol. 4 by Tatsuya Endo
Young Adult Manga / Spy x Family
Navy SEAL dogs : my tale of training canines for combat by Mike Ritland.
Young Adult / UH 100 .R58 2013
Adult Fiction
A dog’s way home by W. Bruce Cameron.
Fiction / Cameron, W. / Large Print Fiction / Cameron, W.
The happy ever after playlist by Abby Jimenez.
Fiction / Jimenez, A.
You lucky dog by Julia London.
Fiction / London, J.
The right side : a novel by Spencer Quinn.
Fiction / Quinn, S.
The dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst.
Fiction / Parkhurst, C.
Boomer’s bucket list by Sue Pethick.
Fiction / Pethick, S.
The dog who saved me by Susan Wilson.
Fiction / Wilson, S.
Adult Nonfiction
New dog : choosing wisely and ensuring a happy ever after by Bruce Fogle.
SF 426 .F645 2008
ASPCA complete dog care manual by Bruce Fogle
SF 427 .F615 1993
The forever dog : surprising new science to help your canine companion live younger, healthier, and longer by Rodney Habib and Dr. Karen Shaw Becker ; with Kristin Loberg.
SF 427 .H212 2021
Puppy care & training by Bardi McLennan.
SF 427 .M46 1998
The perfect puppy : how to raise a well-behaved dog by Gwen Bailey
SF 431 .B36 2009
Training your puppy by Jack Diamond.
SF 431 .D52 1998
DVD/ Feature Film
A dog’s way home
DVD/Feature Film
Air buddies
Children’s DVD
Hotel for dogs
Children’s DVD
John Wick
DVD/Feature Film
Marley & me
DVD/Feature Film
Pick of the litter
DVD/Nature/Wildlife
Underdog
Children’s DVD
