It's the Dog Days of Summer!

Since we are in the dog days of summer, here are some bark-worthy books to put on your radar. These 12 books are all about dogs: fiction, non-fiction, and poetry! They all offer great "tails," and are endorsed by the dogs we love and have loved!

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  The Friend

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  What is a Dog?

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  The Speckled Beauty

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  Lily and the Octopus

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  Curious Incident of the Dog...

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  And a Dog Called Fig

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  Dog Songs

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  Good Boy

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  Inside of a Dog

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  London’s Number 1 Dog Walking

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  Dog Days

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  Art of Racing in the Rain

The ancient Romans called the hottest, most humid days of summer “diēs caniculārēs” or “dog days.” The name came about because they associated the hottest days of summer with the star Sirius, the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major.