ages 3-7
• WINNER | 2021
New York State Charlotte Award
• WINNER | 2020
South Carolina Children's Book Award
• WINNER | 2020
Colorado Children's Book Award
• WINNER | 2020
Utah Children's Book Award
• WINNER | 2020
Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award
• WINNER | 2020
Nevada Young Readers Award
• WINNER | 2020
Indiana Young Hoosier Award
• WINNER | 2020
Florida Sunshine State Book Award
• WINNER | 2019
The Maine Children’s Choice Picture Book Award
• WINNER | 2019
Oklahoma Book Award
• NOMINEE | 2021
Illinois State Library Monarch Award
• NOMINEE | 2021
Arizona Young Reader's Award
• NOMINEE | 2020
Pennyslvania Young Readers Choice Master List
• NOMINEE | 2019
Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award
• NOMINEE | 2019
Virginia Young Readers Program Award
• SELECTION | 2019
Kansas State Reading Circle Award
• SELECTION | 2019
Texas 2x2 Reading List
• NOMINEE | 2019
Pennsylvania Keystone State Reading Association Book Master List
• NOMINEE | 2019
California Young Reader Medal
• NOMINEE | 2019
Minnesota Book Award
• NOMINEE | 2019
Alabama Camellia Children’s Choice Award
• NOMINEE | 2019
Nebraska Golden Sower Award
• NOMINEE | 2019
Oklahoma Book Award
• SELECTION | 2018
Indie Next
• SELECTION | 2018
Amazon Best of the Month ( )

So sweet. I even teared up. ( )

This book about Arfy the dog is adorable!! It won the Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy category for "write" this year. For young children, learning that the written word and the spoken word are one and the same is evident in this book. Reading the letters that are exchanged is how this is done. Writing letters back and forth to your child is one way you can do this activity at home. And if the writings are scribbled, who cares? I guarantee you they will tell you what they wrote!

So we see Arfy write prospective owners about wanting a home. Each illustrated page and note match each other's vibe. Even adults that I read this book to loved "Can I Be Your Dog?" I would enjoy asking children throughout the book who might adopt Arfy. I realized that if you pay attention to the illustrations, it is slightly obvious. But notice, I didn't do that. ;) ( )

Independent Reading Level- Prek-2
Awards:

I really enjoyed this story. It is a very cute story about a dog who wants to be adopted. He writes letters to others asking if they would like to adopt him, therefore it makes a good book for students who are learning how to write letters. ( )