Can I Be Your Dog? is a tail wagger of a story.
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Arfy knows all the houses in the neighborhood, but he lives in a cardboard box with no family. Sniffle sniffle. Arfy sends personalized letters to everyone on the street, from the fire station to the junk yard and even the scary house. No one wants him in their family, until… I won’t ruin it, but there was maybe a tear in my eye there at the end.
This is a great book for talking about rescuing a new pet, and has themes of family and (gently) homelessness.
Can I Be Your Dog? is available on Amazon and Bookshop.
Written and illustrated Troy Cummings. There’s another Arfy book! I Found A Kitty is also available on Amazon.
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