DOGS LOVE CARS

Created by dog lovers for dog lovers and dog owners–to-be.

When a kid and their parents head to the car for a busy day, their three dogs charge ahead. The dogs’ ears flap in the breeze on the drive to the dog park, where both dogs and their owners get wrapped up in play—and leashes. A different topic for each spread captures the world of loved dogs: It’s full of rides, walks, playmates (canine, human, and feline), naps, toys, food that tempts from the tabletop, and even school. Each situation is loaded with options and opportunities for antonyms, delivered in an infectious chant: “Dogs love walks. // Short walks and long walks, / up hills and down, / walks in cities and countryside, / fast and slow walks, / off leash and on.” Humorous cartoon illustrations realistically show dogs of all shapes and sizes being “good dogs” even as they roll in the mud, tear up their toys, get in the way of chores, and share a love/hate relationship with the family cat. These responsible dog owners keep their dogs on leashes at community events such as a farmers market that shows the vigorous diversity of this White-presenting family’s community. At the end of the day, dogs do what dogs do best: “DOGS LOVE YOU, / all the time."

A humor-filled love letter to the dogs that love humans so unconditionally.