9 dog books for teens and older readers
 | 13. Promise of the Wolves by Dorothy Hearst (Simon & Schuster, 2008, $28.99)
An outcast wolf with an epic destiny tells her story in this first book in a trilogy for teens. Set in the Ice Age.
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 | 14. City of Dogs by Livi Michael (GP Putnam, 2007, $20)
Ordinary dogs Gentleman Jim, Pico, Boris, Checkers and Flo meet a series of hounds right out of Norse and Greek mythology... and are called on to prevent the end of the world.
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 | 15. Born To Run by Michael Morpurgo (Harper Collins Canada, 2008, $9.99)
A spirited greyhound tells of the three people who loved him in this Black Beauty-style tearjerker.
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 | 17. Barry Boyhound by Andy Spearman (Yearling, 2005, $6.99)
Get ready for a gross-out when a boy turns into an actual hound -- mentally, if not physically -- and behaves like a dog all day. Exploding racoon not included.
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 | 18. Dog by Daniel Pennac (Candlewick, 2004, $15.99)
Dog (that's his name!) is a scrappy stray in search of a loving home. A touching tale translated from the French original.
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 | 19. Smart Dog by Vivian Vande Velde (Harcourt, 1998, $6.95)
Sherlock is no ordinary dog: he can talk and use a computer! But can he evade the evil scientists who plan to dissect his brain?
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 | 20. Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe (Atheneum, 1979, $8.95)
The first book in this long-running series is still a beloved classic. Harold the dog wonders why his new fellow pet has a fluffy cottontail... and fangs.
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 | 21. Dogsbody by Diana Wynne Jones (Harper Collins, 1975, $9)
In this Carnegie Medal-winning tale, Sirius the star is framed for murder and sentenced to rebirth in the body of a dog. But if he can find a thing called a Zoi, he could go free.
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9 dog picture books for children
 | 22. Help Me Mr. Mutt! by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel (Harcourt, 2008, $17)
A wonderfully snarky canine advice columnist helps other dogs keep their tails up -- despite heckling letters from a cat.
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 | 23. LaRue for Mayor by Mark Teague (Scholastic, 2008, $21)
Left at home when his owner is in hospital, Ike writes her letters chronicling his campaign to have dogs treated better. Don't forget to check out the others in this award-winning series, including the original, Dear Mrs. LaRue (below).
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 | 25. Stanley at Sea by author (Kids Can Press, 2008, $17.95)
In the newest book in the popular series, Stanley the lab and his friends accidentally drift off in a boat while in search of food.
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 | 26. A Dog Needs a Bone by Audrey Wood (Scholastic, 2007, $20.99)
Your very little ones will enjoy this rhyming story of a wee dog who spends the day longing for a bone.
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 | 28. How to be a Good Dog by Gail Page (Bloomsbury, 2006, $7.95)
Little ones will laugh as an eager-to-please dog resorts to taking obedience lessons from a cat.
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 | 29. Down Girl and Sit: Smarter than Squirrels by Lucy Nolan (Marshall Cavendish, 2004, $21.95)
Two doggie neighbours pride themselves on outsmarting humans (by waking them before they have to hear that noisy alarm clock) and other critters.
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 | 30. Rover by Michael Rosen (Bloomsbury, 1999, $14.95)
Still a classic: a canine storyteller calls his pet human "Rover" and remarks on her funny ways.
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