- This fantastic children’s picture book is written by Anna Crichton and illustrated by Siobhan Barlow.
The book is inspired by Anna’s own dog, Zara.
The story is written from the prospective of the dog and cleverly explains how the dog feels when she is crowded by children in the playground. It also explains how to ‘read’ a dog’s body language to gauge how she is feeling.
Throughout the book are bright, colourful illustrations which will appeal to children, plus as the text is clearly printed older children can attempt to read for themselves.
The book is aimed at children aged 3 years plus and the author recommends that an adult is present while reading so that the contents can be discussed together afterwards.
This book would be an asset to parents and early years practitioners; at the back of the book there are suggestions as to how best to use it:Tips for before reading,whilst reading and to discuss after reading- these tips will ensure that everyone makes the most of the book.
I could have used this book when I was working as a registered child minder as one of the children in my care was over confident around dogs ( because my dog was friendly she presumed all were the same). I tired explaining to her many times that she shouldn’t touch dogs that she didn’t know, without success, having this resource would have helped me to explain.
Another child was really afraid of dogs, this was a fear put over to him by his mother, who had had a bad experience with a dog when she was a girl. This book may have helped him to feel differently around dogs
.Disclosure: I was sent this book for the purpose of the review but all opinions are my own.
Zara DogDog on the school run is one of a series of books, it retails at £7.99
It is published by Brox books Ltd
Purchase the book here
I highly recommend this book as it may prevent children from being bitten, or worse by a dog.
As always questions/ comments are welcome.
Until next time.
Karen
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What a lovely topic in this book. Going by the few words from one of the pages this one will surely be a winner for parents with having issues with dogs as well as thier children. Many children are frightened of dogs which is such a shame as they are such special animals. Good blog Karen
What a brilliant idea to get you talking on the topic of fear X #anythinggoes
Cute. Most schools here won’t allow dogs on the school grounds (bad parenting again, but this time with dogs). Our school does weirdly, and while I bring my dog, I’m torn on whether this is right. #Stayclassymama
Oh I wish they had these for the children (and parents) on our school run, there is one dog in particular who does not enjoy the school run and so many kids rush up to it and the owner does very little. #StayClassyMama
There are so many dogs on the school run in our area that it would be useful to have a story to discuss ‘stranger’ dogs to children. Thanks for linking up with #globalblogging
Looks and sounds a fab book Thanks for linking to #Thatfridaylinky hope to see you next week
Sounds like a wonderful children’s book with a great message for children #globalblogging
it is so important that we all understand the way to treat dogs and be safe around them #StayClassyMama
Such a great subject. There are so many dogs but many of us don’t know the basics #kidsandkreativity
It’s lovely when people are inspired to write because of their own children or animals #KidsandKreativity
Sounds a great book and like the idea of discussion points too. Thanks for sharing with #PoCoLo
Thanks for linking up with #stayclassymama
This is especially for my son, we’ve a lot of dogs in the family that he’s been exposed to but they’re all well trained family dogs, unfortunately this leaves me totally on edge as he will literally put his face right up to any hound he comes across-not good!
What a lovely looking book, with a great message for children and adults alike. #ABloggingGoodTime
Great idea for a book, we used to have a soppy old labrador that let Stanley sit on him. It was so difficult to stop him running straight up to strange dogs expecting them to be the same temperament #KidsandKreativity
This looks like a nice book, and an interesting subject. Our boy is afraid of dogs, although he thinks they’re quite funny if at a safe distance. The problem is the owners more than the dogs really, as everything would be fine if they just didn’t let their dogs run up to us. My son would rather jump out into oncoming traffic than have a dog jump up at him, so it’s a safety issue too. We’re trying to teach him that most dogs are friendly, but it’s tricky as we don’t want it to swing the other way like how you describe the over-confident child who’d run up to any dogs they meet. Some caution is quite healthy, but it’s difficult to find just the right balance. If this book can be a help in that, that would be great x #KidsandKreativity
Love the concept, as a SA vet I think it’s important to teach children that even anaimlas have boundaries. Thanks again for linking up to #KidsandKreativity
Having a reactive, fearful yet cute looking dog myself, I’d agree that this book is a brilliant idea.
#AdventureCalling
I love tghe idea of this book. Finn is nervous around dogs, despite our best efforts so this would be really useful. I love the idea of the notes as well to get the most out of this book. Thanks so much for sharing with us #AdventureCalling
What a fab book to educate children about dogs, I remember when our dog was recovering from surgery and a child ran up and stuck their hand in the cone to stroke him and I was really worried. Thankfully he was fine, but a good thing to educate about #KLTR
This sounds really interesting. A puppy is on our agenda for next year and it will probably be on the school run with me! Thanks for linking up with #KLTR