Tuesday Storytime: Puppies!

Some really cute books picked out by my coworker this week!

Puppy, Puppy, Puppy
Julie Sternberg, illustrated by Fred Koehler
ISBN: 9781629794662
Adorable bi-racial infant (and exhausted parents) trail around after a rambunctious puppy that beautifully shows the potentials of a strong bond between kids and pets.

Spot Goes to the Park (lift the flap)
Eric Hill
ISBN: 0399218335
Spot is a perennial favorite, especially so because the stories are so short and simplistic. We always have a lot of babies and very young or new toddlers, and a short interactive story like this sets them up for success.

Mister Bud Wears the Cone
Carter Goodrich
ISBN: 9781442480889
Bud and Zorro are pets together, and when Bud licks a hot spot, he has to wear the dreaded cone all day while the people are away. Zorro is a horrid tease about it, and the cone is awkward and clumsy, and by the end of the day poor Bud thinks he is a very bad dog indeed. The ending is upbeat and sweet, and Zorro gets his in the endpages.

Tuesday Storytime: Dogs

We decided to give it one last week to let our trainee get one more set of self-selected books done before the summer: our kickoff is later this week, so we had a bit of wiggle room to work with.

Dog's Colorful Day

Emma Dodd

ISBN: 0142500194

Cartoony oversized style, with messy colors all around. Silly fun, especially since all the colorful spots are perfectly round and perfectly colored in, regardless of their sources (grass stains, chocolate smears, pollen). 

Spot's First Walk

Eric Hill

ISBN: 0399208380

Spot takes a walk through the yard and around the garden and pond in this lift-the-flap book. 

I Don't Want a Posh Dog!

Emma Dodd

ISBN: 9780316033909

Slightly more refined art than the first one in this trio, but still messy and colorful. A girl runs through all the types of dogs that she isn't interested in, with lots of funny illustrations of them all.