Books like If We Were Dogs
By Sophie Blackall
For the kid who's always negotiating the rules of the game, this is the friendship moment where someone finally says what they really want to be. Playful, barky, a little scrappy — imaginative play with real feelings underneath.
A girl named Sally travels to town walking backward and upside down, picking up a silly pig, a silly dog, and other funny friends who join her topsy-turvy parade.
A witch and her cat head off to a Halloween party with friends, where the spell they all cast together goes off with a loud, unexpected bang.
Twin sisters who look alike but never think alike share six funny stories about their everyday adventures, proving that being silly together is its own kind of fun.
A little boy heads outdoors and imitates the walk of every animal he meets, trying out hops, waddles, and gallops before finally moving like himself.
A boy named Lewis spends one wild day at his best friend Wilbur Robinson's house, where the whole eccentric family joins the hunt for Grandfather Robinson's missing false teeth.
A girl in a swimsuit and flippers copies a graceful flamingo's every move, and through twists, turns, and one big flop, the two find their way to a dance in perfect harmony.
A narwhal accidentally pops his best friend's bubble with his tusk-tooth, then turns Jelly's disappointment into a joyful search for every kind of bubble the ocean has to offer.
Eight little ballerinas practice plié, relevé, and jeté together in perfect step until Miss Lina introduces a ninth dancer, Regina, and their tidy rows suddenly fall into disarray.
A polite, buttoned-up boy visits the aquarium with his easily distracted father, asks nicely for a penguin, and simply smuggles one home in his backpack.
A big friendly bear heads to the swimming hole and notices someone shy rustling in the trees and scampering through the brush — who could this mysterious new creature be?
A young girl decides that a new playmate is her best friend, even though she's never had one before, finding proof in small shared moments like drawing each other and pretending to be pickles.
A beachful of bare-bellied hippos celebrates the one thing they all have in common, with one tiny baby hippo whose entire vocabulary is BEE BO.
