Dog Adoption

Everyone loves coming-home stories, especially when they include dogs and happy endings! From Steven Carino and Alex Tresniowski comes Oliver for Young Readers, a heartwarming and true story of a man searching for a beloved lost dog and finding more than he’d ever hoped for. When Steven Carino...

Meet the puppies of the Cloud 9 Animal Shelter: Caboodle the big poodle; King Tut the most divine of all mutts; Lollie the collie; and Boom-Boom the Basset hound. When a shy yellow Lab named Marilyn is abandoned at the Cloud 9 Animal Shelter, she thinks her whole world has shattered. With the help of the other puppies, she soon discovers that things always work out and with each new day comes a new beginning. But when a couple wants to adopt her, she is unsure if she should leave the shelter she now calls home.

A rambunctious Maltipoo puppy called Leo Pomp is adopted by a wealthy, British family with a bunny and he develops an affinity for gardening. He soon learns that his family had a previous dog named Hero, who was highly acclaimed for his physical strength and unmatched performance at competitions. This causes Leo to question his significance. He eventually befriends the most influential dogs, Sphinx and Dazzling, and discovers a dangerous secret about Sphinx’s brother, Rage.

Drawing on her work at a shelter, her experiences living with two rescue dogs of her own, and years of research, bestselling author and Boston Globe columnist Amy Sutherland takes us on an unforgettable journey into the special world of rescue and shelter dogs—and the growing number of...

"This might be one of the month’s, if not the year’s, sweetest books — zaniest, too.” ―The Washington Post "A hilarious addition to the dogoir canon.” ―People "Perhaps the greatest love story ever told.” ―Refinery29 "The feel-good book the world needs." —PopSugar From one...

These real-life stories of senior dogs who found forever homes through Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary will delight any young animal lover. The Homecoming Tales of sweet, sassy, and sometimes hilarious old friends offer kids a unique reminder that no one is too old to give or receive love. Meet...

In this audiobook by Doyin Richards, a dog describes what it’s like to go on walks with his Black owner and wishes that people would see his human as he does: with love. Biscuit the dog is adopted from the shelter and loves his new home and his new human family. The dad, especially, takes good...

Derek Taylor Kent's El Perro con Sombrero is a funny, bilingual tale of a dog finding a family. ¡Perro! ¡Sombrero! ¡El perro con sombrero! Meet Pepe! Before he got a sombrero, he was a lonely dog living in the streets. Now he is a movie star, loved by everyone! Well, everyone except… ¡El...

An adoption story of a lost dog finding more than home.

Sweet Violet is the story of one puppy's anticipation, fear, and triumph through her experience at a puppy orphanage. Violet was a sweet, playful puppy that lived in an orphanage for dogs.

There was a different sort of piglet in the pigpen one cool spring morning. That "different" one is named Penny, and she's really not a piglet at all . . . she's a puppy. A puppy who gets longer and longer as her piglet siblings get bigger and bigger. Penny doesn't understand why she's different - she only knows that Mama Pig loves her just the same as the rest of the litter. Penny's siblings are baffled by her peculiar behavior - like digging with her paws instead of her snout, and especially her loud, sharp oink.