It’s easy to see why the Pig the Pug books are household classics in their native Australia.

It’s easy to see why the Pig the Pug books are household classics in their native Australia.
Here’s a short but fun book reminiscent of Dr. Seuss’s Hop on Pop or P.D. Eastman’s Go, Dog Go!
, in that it also has lots of repetition and mostly two- to five-letter words that are easier for ultra-beginner readers to recognise, thus helping to build up their reading confidence.
New York is one of those places that seems to be unquestioningly on everyone’s list of places to visit, and after reading this hilariously unconventional and original take on the Big Apple through the eyes of a pet dachshund who tags along on his owner’s trip, the city might have moved up my list a few notches.
Contrary to what Marvel and DC Comics will have you believe, this heartwarming story proves that superpowers and fancy gadgetry are not the only measures of a hero.
Hally Tosis is a dog who has a bad case of, well, halitosis — otherwise more colloquially known as ‘bad breath’. And every time Hally opens his mouth, horrible things tend to happen — like Grandma Tosis passing out on the floor from his dog breath!
Part of a charming trilogy starring the eponymous Scottish Terrier, in Angus Lost, Angus’s ennui about “all the SAME things he knew all about” leads him to satisfy his innate curiosity by boldly venturing outside the cosy house and onto the wide road beyond.
Reminiscent of Margaret Wise Brown and Leonard Weisgard’s Noisy Book series from the ’30s-’50s, Kevin Henkes has adopted the simple, direct and child-friendly style of writing in the refreshingly quirky Circle Dogs
that takes us through a day in the life of a pair of pet dachshunds.
The Wimbledons are sleeping when Wilma hears a spooky sound. As Walter discovers, it’s just Stanley, their dog, howling at the moon — no biggie, right? Well, that’s what you’d think until, one by one, their kids (Wendy, Willie, Wanda and Wylie — don’t you just love the alliterative names?) too get woken up by Stanley’s increasingly odd endeavours — fixing the oil tank and making catfish stew, among other things.
Who doesn’t dream of finding buried treasure? Sam and Dave certainly do, as they and their canine companion attempt to dig their way to “something spectacular”.
Poor Oscar. Not only does he get teased by his friends in obedience school for his shape and size — “Wiener Dog!” — but his mom makes him the most embarrassing Halloween costume a sausage dog can wear: a hotdog bun.