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March is 'Paws to Read' Month!

Recommended Cat and Dog Books
to
Read Aloud to Cats and Dogs (and Kids!)

Picture

Picture Books

Bad Kitty series
written and illustrated by Nick Bruel
Roaring Brook Press/grades K-3rd


Bambino and Mr. Twain
written by P.I. Maltbie; illustrated by Daniel Miyares
Charlesbridge/grades K-3rd


Dog Breath: The Horrible Trouble with Hally Tosis
written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey
Scholastic/grades K-3rd


Dogku
written by Andrew Clements; illustrated by Tim Bowers
Atheneum/grades K-3rd


Dog vs. Cat
written and illustrated by Chris Gall
Little, Brown; grades K-1st


Dogzilla
written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey
HMH Books for Young Readers; grades K-3rd

Earth Tigerlets – as Explained by Professor Xargle
written by Jeanne Willis; illustrated by Tony Ross
Dutton; grades 1st-4th

Grandma’s Cat
written by Helen Ketteman; illustrated by Marsha Lynn Winborn
Houghton
; grades K-1st

Hannah and Jack
written by Mary Nethery; illustrated by Mary Morgan
Atheneum
; grades K-3rd

Here Comes the Easter Cat
Here Comes Santa Cat
Here Comes the Tooth Fairy Cat
Here Comes Valentine Cat

written by Deborah Underwood; illustrated by Claudia Rueda
Dial Books for Young Readers; ages 5 and 6

Hondo and Fabian
written and illustrated by Peter McCarty
Holt BFYR; grades K-3rd

I’m My Own Dog
written and illustrated by David Ezra Stein
Candlewick; grades K-3rd

Kat Kong
written & Illustrated by Dave Pilkey
Harcourt
; grades K-2nd

Kitten’s First Full Moon
written & Illustrated by Kevin Henkes
Greenwillow
; grades K-1st

Martha Speaks
written and illustrated by Susan Meddaugh
HMH Books for Young Readers; grades 1st-4th

Picasso and Minou
written by P.I. Maltbie; illustrated by Pau Estrada
Charlesbridge
; grades K-3rd

Pussywillow
written by Margaret Wise Brown
illustrated by Leonard Wisegard
A BIG Golden Book
; grades 1st-3rd

Santiago Stays
written and illustrated by Angela Dominguez
Abrams, grades K-2nd

So What’s it Like to Be a Cat?
written by Karla Kuskin; illustrated by Betsy Lewin
Atheneum; grades 1st-3rd


Splat the Cat
written and illustrated by Rob Scotton
HarperCollins; grades K-2rd


The Most Magnificent Thing
written and illustrated by Ashley Spires
Kids Can Press; grades K-3rd

The Tales of Grandpa Cat
written by Lee Wardlaw; illustrated by Ronald Searle
Dial Books for Young Readers
; grades 2nd-4th

Two Bobbies
written by Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery; illustrated by Jean Cassels
Bloomsbury; grades K-3rd

Won Ton - A Cat Tale Told in Haiku

Won Ton and Chopstick - A Cat and Dog Tale Told in Haiku
both written by Lee Wardlaw; illustrated by Eugene Yelchin
Holt BFYR; grades 1st-5th

Poetry

Cat Poems
Dog Poems
both written by Dave Crawley; illustrated by Tamara Petrosino
Wordsong; ages 7-12

I am the Cat
written by Alice Schertle; illustrated by Mark Buehner
HarperCollins; grades 1st and up

I Didn’t Do It
Once I Ate a Pie

both written by Patricia MacLachlan and Emily MacLachlan Charest
illustrated by Katie Sneider
HarperCollins; grades 1st-3rd

Little Dog Poems
Little Dog and Duncan

both written by Kristine O’Connell George; illustrated by June Otani
Clarion; grades K-3

The Owl and the Pussycat
written by Edward Lear; illustrated by Jan Brett
Putnam, grades K-3rd

Won Ton – A Cat Tale Told in Haiku
Won Ton and Chopstick – A Cat and Dog Tale Told in Haiku

by Lee Wardlaw; llustrated by Eugene Yelchin
Holt BFYR; grades 1st and up

Beginning and Easy-Readers

Cats are Like That
written and illustrated by Martha Weston
Holiday House; grades K-2nd

Dog Diaries: Secret Writings of the WOOF Society
written by Betsy Byars; illustrated by Erik Brooks
Holt BFYR; ages 7-9

Go, Dog, Go!
written and illustrated by P.D. Eastman
Random House, grades K-2nd

Happy Cat
written and illustrated by Steve Henry
Holiday House; grades K-2nd

Henry and Mudge and the Happy Cat
written by Cynthia Rylant; llustrated by Sucie Stevenson
Simon Spotlight; grades K-3rd

Henry and Mudge (series)
written by Cynthia Rylant; illustrated by Sucie Stevenson
Simon Spotlight; grades K-3rd

Hondo and Fabian
written and illustrated by Peter McCarty
Holt BFYR; grades K-3rd

Mac and Cheese (series)
written by Sarah Weeks; illustrated by Jane Manning
HarperCollins; grades K-3rd

Mr. Putter and Tabby (series)
written by Cynthia Rylant; illustrated by Arthur Howard
HMH for Young Readers; grades K-2nd

Space Cat
written and illustrated by Doug Cushman
HarperCollins; grades K-2nd

The Cat in the Hat
written and illustrated by Dr Seuss
Random House; grades K-2nd


Chapter Books

Because of Shoe and Other Dog Stories
edited by Ann Martin
features short stories by Ann Martin, Valerie Hobbs, Pam Munoz Ryan, Margarita Engle,
Matt de la Pena, Mark Teague, Wendy Orr, Thacher Hurd, and Jon Muth.
Square Fish, ages 8-12

Hate that Cat

Love that Dog

both written by Sharon Creech
HarperCollins; ages 8-12


Little Dog Lost
written by Marion Dane Bauer; illustrated by Jennifer A. Bell
Atheneum, grades 3rd-6th


Maggie and Oliver or A Bone of One’s Own
written Valerie Hobbs
Henry Holt BFYR; grades 3rdn-5th


Ranger in Time
written by Kate Messner
Scholastic; grades 2nd-5th

Sheep
Wolf

both written by Valerie Hobbs
FSG; grades 3rd-7th

The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
by Joanne Rocklin
Amulet, grades 3rd-7th


The Friendship of Milly and Tug
written by Dian Curtis Regan; illustrated by Jennifer Danza
Holt BFYR; grades 2nd-5th


The Story of Diva and Flea
written by Mo Willems; illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi
Disney/Hyperion; Grades 1st-3rd

Three Stories You Can Read to Your Cat
Three More Stories You Can Read to Your Cat
Three Stories You Can Read to Your Dog
Three More Stories You Can Read to Your Dog

all written by Sara Swann Miller; illustrated by True Kelley
HMH Books for Young Readers; ages 8-12

How to Save Your Tail

*if you are a rat nabbed by cats who really like stories about magic spoons,
wolves with snout-warts, big, hairy chimney trolls...and cookies, too.

written by Mary Hanson; illustrated by John Hendrix
Schwartz and Wade; grades 1st-4th



Additional recommended cat books may be found at Cynthia Letitch Smith's
Kit Lit: Cat Themed Picture Books

Additional recommended dog books may be found at The Reading Bug:
Best Dog Books


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