{"id":14834,"date":"2025-05-06T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=14834"},"modified":"2025-05-06T09:01:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T14:01:26","slug":"such-a-good-dog-boo-loves-books-by-kaye-baillie-and-tracie-grimwood-picturebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=14834","title":{"rendered":"Such a good dog! BOO LOVES BOOKS, by Kaye Baillie and Tracie Grimwood (Picturebook)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"14835\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=14835\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Boo-Loves-Books.jpg?fit=500%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Boo Loves Books\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Boo-Loves-Books.jpg?fit=500%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Boo-Loves-Books.jpg?resize=500%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Book cover of Boo Loves Books, by Kaye Baillie, illustrated by Tracie Grimwood. Below title of &quot;B o pawprint L o Heart e s Books&quot; are a large tan and black medium-furred long-nosed dog and a small round-faced red-haired girl with 2 short side-ponytails and a plaid school uniform dress. They are lying on their tummies on the floor, looking at a picturebook together and smiling. More picturebooks are stacked nearby.\" class=\"wp-image-14835\" style=\"width:340px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Boo-Loves-Books.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Boo-Loves-Books.jpg?resize=201%2C241&amp;ssl=1 201w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Boo-Loves-Books.jpg?resize=125%2C150&amp;ssl=1 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Everyone in her class loves to read, except Phoebe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She doesn&#8217;t know all the letter sounds and doesn&#8217;t like being wrong, so she just keeps quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What&#8217;s that? Miss Spinelli&#8217;s class will go someplace away from school &#8211; to read?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phoebe worries at home and on the bus and at the animal shelter. She doesn&#8217;t know much about dogs &#8211; how can she read to one?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Very, very shy Big Boo is scared of Phoebe? Miss Spinelli stays with them: &#8220;Your voice is all he needs.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Big Boo doesn&#8217;t care when Phoebe gets stuck on a word, so they keep reading together!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lovely story about the power of reading and being accepted, this 2020 release by an Australian author and illustrator duo is well worth finding, especially now during Children&#8217;s Book Week <a href=\"https:\/\/everychildareader.net\/cbw\/\">https:\/\/everychildareader.net\/cbw\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is there a reading to shelter animals program near you?<br>**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Book info<\/strong>: Boo Loves Books \/ Kaye Baillie, art by Tracie Grimwood. New Frontier Publishing, 2020. Distributed in USA by Lerner Books. [author site <a href=\"https:\/\/kayebaillie.com\/\">https:\/\/kayebaillie.com\/<\/a>] [illustrator site <a href=\"https:\/\/traciegrimwood.com.au\/\">https:\/\/traciegrimwood.com.au\/<\/a>] [publisher site <a href=\"https:\/\/lernerbooks.com\/shop\/show\/20570\">https:\/\/lernerbooks.com\/shop\/show\/20570<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone in her class loves to read, except Phoebe. She doesn&#8217;t know all the letter sounds and doesn&#8217;t like being wrong, so she just keeps quiet. What&#8217;s that? Miss Spinelli&#8217;s class will go someplace away from school &#8211; to read?! Phoebe worries at home and on the bus and at the animal shelter. 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