Dog Loves Books

Recommended Grades K-2.  Dog Loves Books (Knopf, 2010) is the perfect picture book to introduce young students to your library!  Author Louise Yates introduce us to Dog, a book loving canine who adores books so much that he decides to open up his own bookstore.  Based on the scowling dogs in the illustration, we might guess that Dog will have a tough time of it.  At first his bookstore struggles to find the right customers, but as soon as Dog is able to guide his customers on his imaginative journeys through the literature he loves, he is able to find the perfect book for everyone!  Yates illustrates in pastel watercolors, pleasing and calming to the eye, and our friend Dog clearly expresses his very human, book-loving emotions in illustrations that are done in a sweet and clever way.  The language is clear and simple for early readers to engage with it independently.  Book lovers and dog lovers alike will be delighted with Dog's endeavors, and may come to wish that he would leave his bookstore for a school library near them.  Highly Recommended, ****