Dog Loves Books ~ Written and Illustrated by Louise Yates

Just as the title notes, the nameless little dog in this story loves books. He's passionate about reading  and he has a depth of knowledge of different authors and genres. His love of books is so extensive that he decides to open a bookstore.

Yates' story is great to share with especially young readers, even kittens, for it sends home the message that reading is enjoyable. Being a cat myself, I would prefer that the story was also about a feline, but I enjoyed the book nonetheless. Whether you borrow a copy of the story or decide to purchase it, please be sure to share this book with a young person in your life. Trust me, they'll thank you for it later.

Frog and Friends: The Best Summer Ever ~ By Eve Bunting, Illustrated by Josée Masse

This is a lovely chapter book for beginning readers, the third book in the "Frog and Friends" series. The illustrations on every page encourage readers to linger over the story as they follow Frog's discussion with Little Brown Bat in the first chapter,

accompany Frog on his summer vacation in the second,  

and sit alongside Frog and Starman as they gaze up at the stars in the sky in the third. 

Frog is a wonderful role model for young readers. Not only is he a curious and smart frog for his age, he is also an incredibly caring and generous one. 

If the young reader in your life enjoys this book, be sure and check out the other books in the series. 

Hurry Hurry ~ Written by Eve Bunting, Illustrations by Jeff Mack

I stumbled upon the picture book Hurry Hurry while poking along on Overdrive today, and I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised to find that flipping through the book (i.e. "reading it on my browser") was easy enough for me to do without asking my brother Patches for help. (Although we're the same age, he's much more adept at whizzing through technological tasks than I am.) 

Bunting's story is a delightful, almost wordless picture book, suitable for even the youngest kitten to read independently. My only complaint is that though Bunting was kind enough to include almost every animal in her story, her kindness does not extend to cats. In other words, you won't find any felines in her story. What you will find is a heartwarming, cheerful tale about barnyard animals running in response to a call from chicken to "hurry". Jeff Mack's illustrations speak for themselves, so I'll just post some of them to get a taste for the book. A wonderful surprise awaits readers at the end.

On a non-reading related note, this book's title brought to mind one of Peyton Manning's favorite phrases

I wonder if this is where Peyton got the idea from.