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Books in the Dogs genre:

Harry Cat’s Pet Puppy (1974)

When Harry Cat brings home a stray puppy, he and Tucker Mouse must find it a new home before it outgrows their drainpipe in Times Square. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): George Selden
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Hark! Hark! The Dogs Do Bark and other Rhymes about Dogs (1976)

A collection of nursery rhymes about dogs.

Author(s): Lenore Blegvad
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

Benjy’s Boat Trip (1977)

Benjy is looking for his family and accidentally stows away on a ship.

Author(s): Margaret Bloy Graham
Illustrator(s): Margaret Bloy Graham

Noah’s Ark (1977)

Peter Spier tells the story in pictures of Noah, the Ark and the Flood.

Author(s): Jacobus Revius
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal - 1978

Pinkerton, Behave! (1979)

Pinkerton has trouble learning the meaning of commands. But when a burglar shows up he is more than equal to the task. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

The Little Moon Theater (1981)

Jo Jo, Jip and Nicolette traveling about in their caravan presenting plays and granting wishes, are shivering in the winter’s cold until a little old fairy godmother grants their wish.

Author(s): Irene Haas
Illustrator(s): Irene Haas

The Pet Store (1981)

Harry and Jane go to the Pet Store, but just to visit.

Author(s): Peter Spier
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

A Rose for Pinkerton (1981)

Pinkerton’s people decide he needs playmate. But a cat?

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

Young Melvin and Bulger (1981)

Young Melvin asks Mister Old Man Bill Blowdy to keep an eye on his dog Bulger while he goes to seek his fortune. When the old man tries to cheat him Melvin has to think quickly. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Mark Taylor
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

Never Take a Pig to Lunch (1982)

A collection of humorous poems about animals.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

Prehistoric Pinkerton (1982)

“Give a dog a bone” goes the old nursery rhyme. When you have a big dog, you need a big bone. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

Tallyho, Pinkerton! (1982)

Pinkerton is in trouble again. This time he is in the thick of the hunt -- a fox hunt!

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

Doggies (1984)

A doggie counting book.

Author(s): Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s): Sandra Boynton

Peter Spier’s Little Dogs (1984)

Six puppies are born and grow up in a hurry.

Author(s): Peter Spier
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

How Dog Began (1985)

The author speculates on how the first wolf was tamed and became a dog.

Author(s): Pauline Baynes
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Push the Dog (1986)

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Author(s): Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s): Colin McNaughton

Woof! (1986)

Relates the extraordinary events that take place when, on an ordinary summer's evening, ten-year-old Eric Banks is turned into a Norfolk terrier. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s): Fritz Wenger

Benjy and His Friend Fifi (1988)

Benjy and Fifi go to the dog show and have a bang-up time.

Author(s): Margaret Bloy Graham
Illustrator(s): Margaret Bloy Graham

The First Dog (1988)

Kip the cave boy tames a paleo wolf and names him Dog.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Jan Brett
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

Big Bear’s Treasury Volume One (1992)

A collection of stories and poems by various authors and illustrators.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley
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