Make a resolution to read more in 2018? Or to read to your kids more? Get a head start by picking up a 2018 Winter Read log sheet at the library! This year’s Winter Read theme is all about dogs, since the 2018 Chinese New Year is “The Year of the Dog.” It’s easy to get prizes and raffle ticket entries to one of the two gift baskets on display in the Children’s Department. Winter Read runs January 12th-February 25th, and you can still sign up and win. Some suggestions of books to read about dogs are below, but you don’t have to read about dogs…you can read about anything you want!

Picture Books:

• Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy by Jane O’Conner
• Bad Dog Marley by John Grogan
• Smick! by Doreen Cronin
• A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka

Chapter Books:

• Akiak: A Tale from the Iditarod by Robert J. Blake
• Dog Man and Cat Kid by Dav Pilkey
• Pax by Sara Pennypacker
• Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin

Non-Fiction Books:

• Dog Heroes by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce
• Dogs on Duty : Soldiers’ Best Friends on the Battlefield and Beyond by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
• Nubs : the True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle by Brian Dennis, Kirby Larson, Mary Nethery
• Shelter Dogs : Amazing Stories of Adopted Strays by Peg Kehret
• Tuesday Tucks Me In : the Loyal Bond Between a Soldier and His Service Dog by Luis Carlos Montalván