6. Dog’s Colorful Day: A Messy Story About Colors and Counting (Picture Puffins)
Dog starts off the day with one black spot on his ear. But it seems that wherever he goes, he runs, rolls, and trots right into colors. As he wanders around town, Dog collects spots made of red jam, blue paint, pink ice cream, and more. When he finally arrives back home, Dog has ten different colored spots. And then it’s bath time for this colorful canine, who makes learning colors and numbers easy, messy, and fun!
Perfect for: learning about colors and having fun with messy sounds.
7. The Pigeon Wants a Puppy
He really, really, REALLY wants one. He’ll take really good care of it! What’s the matter–don’t you want him to be happy?
Why you’ll like it: Perfect for those who always want what the other guy has.
8. Chick ‘n’ Pug
Chick lives for adventures. Pug lives for, well, sleep. In Chick’s eyes, however, Pug can do no wrong. In fact, he is WONDERPUG! But with danger around every corner and a hero who’s a little low on energy, it may be up to Chick to save the day and earn the prized role of sidechick (er, sidekick . . .) From an exceptional new talent, this is a funny, heartwarming story of misplaced hero worship as well as the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Why you’ll like it: the undercover superhero
9. Number One Sam
They’re off! Sam is the best race-car driver in history—he is number one at every race! But when his best friend, Maggie, shows that she has racing talent of her own, Sam doesn’t know how to handle coming in second place. Will he learn what it truly means to be a winner?
Why you’ll like it: Winning isn’t everything and that it’s HOW you plat the game that matters.
10. I Don’t Like Gloria!
A jealous pup learns that rivals can become unexpected allies in a picture book loaded with preschooler appeal.
Why you’ll like it: those with a new addition to their lives.
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It is really hot here. I need to make a list of things for us to do or summer will be over without much done:)
My youngest will love some of these. I will have to get him a couple 🙂
I love that each of these seem to teach a nice lesson to the kids. My son loves reading so these are great for him!
My kids love dogs.. I’ll have to try to find these.. thanks for the list!
Books about dogs were always my favorites. I think my kids felt the same.
For a minute I was wondering what was going on then I realized the stories were about Dogs …lol. As with all stories , the Pictures makes them truly come to life
Sounds like a really cute book. I bet my kids would enjoy this!
I like these books. I like how they teach a lesson
Adorable! My kids would like Gaston because he is a bull dog
What a great list for dog lovers! We are definitely in the throws of the Dog Days of Summer!
What great books. I like that they teach lessons as well as keep kids interested.
Oh these all sound wonderful. My kids always loved stories like these.
Cute little list and link up. My kids would like these stories
Ha, I laughed about the talking dog. No, I imagine that might not be as fun as it might initially seem. 😉
Great idea. My kids have been asking for a dog and one of these books might be a great point to start with