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Explore the unique and multifaceted bond between humans and their canine companions with this month's selection of our Dog Lovers Book. Delve into the complex topic of separation anxiety with a holistic approach to helping your dog feel calm and secure, and learn how to reclaim your own peace of mind. Discover how a dog's presence can help us heal and find our place in the world.
This month, young readers will embark on heart-warming adventures with some very special dogs. Follow the lives of therapy dogs and learn how they spread kindness and comfort to others, while also seeing a glimpse into their life at home.
PLEASE DON’T GO!
A Holistic Approach to Resolving Separation Anxiety in Dogs
by Ness Jones (Author), Kelly Gorman Dunbar (Foreword)
Break free from the guilt and worry of leaving your dog alone.
Does you dog struggle when you walk out the door? Do you ever feel weighed down by worry about what's happening while you're away?
Separation anxiety affects more than just your dog - it impacts your freedom, peace of mind and daily life. But there is hope.
If you dread leaving the house because you're worried about how your dog will cope, you’re not alone. Many caregivers feel guilt and frustration, trapped by the constant worry over what might be happening at home while they’re away.
This book offers a compassionate, step-by-step approach to help your dog feel calm and secure when home alone, while giving you the freedom to leave without guilt or fear. With empathy and science-based strategies, you’ll learn how to support your dog’s emotional recovery and build their confidence and independence.
What You’ll Learn:
✔️ The A.L.O.N.E Method* – A beginner-friendly roadmap to help your dog feel safe every time you leave
✔️ Common myths about separation anxiety—and why outdated advice often fails
✔️ How to read your dog’s body language and recognise subtle signs of anxiety
✔️ Real-life case studies that show how different approaches suit different dogs
✔️ A holistic perspective on treatments, including medications and natural remedies
Ness Jones helps dogs feel confident alone—and gives their guardians their lives back. Through her work as a coach, speaker, and workshop facilitator specialising in separation anxiety, she empowers caregivers to reclaim their independence while helping their dogs thrive emotionally in their absence.
Paperback, 216 pages
by Ness Jones (Author), Kelly Gorman Dunbar (Foreword)
Break free from the guilt and worry of leaving your dog alone.
Does you dog struggle when you walk out the door? Do you ever feel weighed down by worry about what's happening while you're away?
Separation anxiety affects more than just your dog - it impacts your freedom, peace of mind and daily life. But there is hope.
This book offers a compassionate, step-by-step approach to help your dog feel calm and secure when home alone, while giving you the freedom to leave without guilt or fear. With empathy and science-based strategies, you’ll learn how to support your dog’s emotional recovery and build their confidence and independence.
What You’ll Learn:
✔️ The A.L.O.N.E Method* – A beginner-friendly roadmap to help your dog feel safe every time you leave
✔️ Common myths about separation anxiety—and why outdated advice often fails
✔️ How to read your dog’s body language and recognise subtle signs of anxiety
✔️ Real-life case studies that show how different approaches suit different dogs
✔️ A holistic perspective on treatments, including medications and natural remedies
Ness Jones helps dogs feel confident alone—and gives their guardians their lives back. Through her work as a coach, speaker, and workshop facilitator specialising in separation anxiety, she empowers caregivers to reclaim their independence while helping their dogs thrive emotionally in their absence.
Paperback, 216 pages
Publisher: Independently published, 26 August 2025
RRP: $15.95 from www.amazon.com.au
RRP: $15.95 from www.amazon.com.au
THE LOVE LANGUAGE OF DOGS
Hilarious Ways Your Dog is Trying to Show Their Love
by Sam Hart, Tatiana Davidova (Illustrator)
This funny illustrated book revels in the unusual ways your dog expresses their love and affection
You love your furry friend and they love you too... lots. But has your dog ever gone a bit too far in pursuit of your approval, their good intentions leading to mischief and chaos?
Brimming with humorous illustrations and witty captions, this book is here to help you appreciate the hilarious ways your pet pup tries to show their love. Within you will find out:
Perfect for dog lovers and owners alike, The Love Language of Dogs offers valuable insight into the strange forms your pup's affection might take. It's sure to bring a smile to your face as you realise that, although sometimes misguided, your pooch always has the best of intentions!
Hardcover, 96 pages
Publisher: Octopus, 12th August 2025
Price: $18.25 at www.booktopia.com.au
DOG DAD
Pages, Pens, & Paws bringing literacy and laughter together. Pairing specifically crafted books, events, and animal assisted reading programs to share the joy of reading with a child.
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A THERAPY DOG
by David L Thomas
Discover the heart-warming story of Oliver, a lovable Golden Retriever with a very special job!
In A Day In The Life of a Therapy Dog, young readers will follow Oliver through a busy, joy-filled day as he visits children at schools, patients in hospitals, and seniors at care homes. With every wag of his tail and gentle cuddle, Oliver shows how small acts of kindness can make a big difference.
Perfect for children ages 5–10, this beautifully illustrated story introduces important lessons about empathy, compassion, and emotional support. Along the way, kids will learn the amazing roles therapy dogs play in helping people feel safe, happy, and loved.
Inside this book, children will:
Hilarious Ways Your Dog is Trying to Show Their Love
by Sam Hart, Tatiana Davidova (Illustrator)
This funny illustrated book revels in the unusual ways your dog expresses their love and affection
Brimming with humorous illustrations and witty captions, this book is here to help you appreciate the hilarious ways your pet pup tries to show their love. Within you will find out:
- What happens when your dog decides to make you dinner
- What your pooch is trying to achieve by barking over all your guests
- Why you should always be suspicious when your pet brings you free things
Hardcover, 96 pages
Publisher: Octopus, 12th August 2025
Price: $18.25 at www.booktopia.com.au
DOG DAD
How Animals Bring Out The Best In Us And Can Help Save The World
by Topher Brophy
Can dogs make us better humans? Can animal companionship really heal the world?
by Topher Brophy
Can dogs make us better humans? Can animal companionship really heal the world?
In telling Topher Brophy's story, Dog Dad shows us emphatically that the answer to both questions is yes.
Is there a cure for the "sad sickness? That's what Topher Brophy calls the feeling he has lived with as long as he can remember. As a lonely only child "on the spectrum," a shy high schooler cursed by acne, a college student working hard to be accepted as a "frat boy," and a young man travelling to exotic destinations in search of wisdom and inner peace, Topher never feels he belongs anywhere or to anything.
Too shy to keep a friendship, he battles feelings of rejection and loneliness, always wondering why just living in the world, which seems easy for others, is so difficult for him. He tries various remedies, even becomes a sports freak in the hope that being strong will make him happy and get him "accepted."
With barbells, ropes, bands, he works out morning till night to keep the sad sickness at bay-till an injury makes even that impossible. Nothing changes anything. The sad sickness is always there.
Then Rosenberg comes into his life. Dog Dad tells how becoming a dog dad changes everything for Topher Brophy. How the companionship and love he receives from his shaggy puppy beget the companionship and love he can now give... and how that makes him feel, for the first time in his life, like he belongs in the world as it is.
Then Rosenberg comes into his life. Dog Dad tells how becoming a dog dad changes everything for Topher Brophy. How the companionship and love he receives from his shaggy puppy beget the companionship and love he can now give... and how that makes him feel, for the first time in his life, like he belongs in the world as it is.
How Rosenberg connects him to a community of dog people and introduces him to a special person, the Dog Styler. How together, they create an Instagram sensation and a family - and dedicate both to the higher purpose of healing the world.
This is no shaggy dog story. It really happened to Topher Brophy, and it can really happen to anyone.
Paperback, 208 pages
Publisher: Vertel Publishing, 24 January 2023
Price: $40.75 at www.booktopia.com.au
** Topher Brophy will be donating all of his proceeds from the sale of Dog Dad to American Humane. **
THE HAPPINESS OF DOGS
This is no shaggy dog story. It really happened to Topher Brophy, and it can really happen to anyone.
Paperback, 208 pages
Publisher: Vertel Publishing, 24 January 2023
Price: $40.75 at www.booktopia.com.au
** Topher Brophy will be donating all of his proceeds from the sale of Dog Dad to American Humane. **
THE HAPPINESS OF DOGS
Why the Unexamined Life is Most Worth Living
by Mark Rowlands
A ground-breaking exploration of a dog's experience of the world and how they can help us understand ourselves better, from the author of The Philosopher and the Wolf.
If a dog could write a book of philosophy, what would it contain?
If you have spent part of your life with a dog, you may find certain questions popping, unbidden, into your mind. Is my dog living a fulfilled life? Is my dog a good dog? Does my dog love me? This, however only scratches the surface of a canine philosophy.
Drawing on his life lived with dogs (two German shepherds, the amiable Hugo and his dark twin Shadow; Brenin, a wolf hybrid, and Tess his wolf dog daughter; and Nina, a German shepherd/malamute mix), on the ideas of philosophers from Socrates to Hume and Sartre, and on the cutting edge psychology of canine cognition, philosopher Mark Rowlands explores the way dogs experience the world to bring us closer to an understanding of ourselves.
While dogs feel unparalleled joy and focus in the moment, humans are burdened by the disquietude of anxiety, doubt and even anguish. Happiness for dogs can be achieved in the daily chase of a squirrel, for humans it is much more elusive.
by Mark Rowlands
A ground-breaking exploration of a dog's experience of the world and how they can help us understand ourselves better, from the author of The Philosopher and the Wolf.
If you have spent part of your life with a dog, you may find certain questions popping, unbidden, into your mind. Is my dog living a fulfilled life? Is my dog a good dog? Does my dog love me? This, however only scratches the surface of a canine philosophy.
Drawing on his life lived with dogs (two German shepherds, the amiable Hugo and his dark twin Shadow; Brenin, a wolf hybrid, and Tess his wolf dog daughter; and Nina, a German shepherd/malamute mix), on the ideas of philosophers from Socrates to Hume and Sartre, and on the cutting edge psychology of canine cognition, philosopher Mark Rowlands explores the way dogs experience the world to bring us closer to an understanding of ourselves.
While dogs feel unparalleled joy and focus in the moment, humans are burdened by the disquietude of anxiety, doubt and even anguish. Happiness for dogs can be achieved in the daily chase of a squirrel, for humans it is much more elusive.
Digging deep into their morality, freedoms, consciousness, intelligence and love of life, Rowlands discovers that dogs have a unique way of existing which amounts to a different philosophical outlook altogether - if they could write such a thing - and that they may have better answers to the meaning of life than we do.
Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Granta, 31st July 2025
RRP: $28.95 from www.booktopia.com.au
MISHKA – A DOG’S LIFE
The true story of a Belgian Shepherd Tervueren's coming of age
by Jackie Corrado
The true story of a Belgian Shepherd Tervuren's coming of age.
For three years we follow Mishka - the "enchanted puppy" that has the talent to turn every dog into a friend, and who grows up to become a fearless male looking to set his position in dog society.
Through drama, but also with humour, we get to experience Mishka's battles, friendships, his hunts and his first love.
In a fascinating study of dog behaviour, this book depicts the full evolution of a young dog - from the heart-wrenching separation from his family at 8 weeks old, his search for a new "pack" and learning to bond with humans, to his many gained and a few lost friendships as he grows up to be an impressive Berber lion of a dog.
A book for all dog lovers, that will make you appreciate the individuality of each dog's unique soul and personality.
It is also a small contribution to the field of ethology - a one-case study of animal behaviour.
Featuring 48 original colour illustrations in watercolour style by the author, depicting many of the scenes described in the book, plus several photographs.
Hardcover, 132 pages
Publisher: Jackie Corrado, 17th July 2025
Price: $33.57 from www.amazon.com.au
DOGS & US
by Gareth St John Thomas
Discover the inner workings of our relationship with dogs in this gentle, informed and fun look at the reasons why we love our four-legged friends.
Many of us know the joy, love and chaos of having a dog in your life. But have you ever wondered why we can feel such an attachment to dogs in particular? Pairing adorable images with the latest research, Dogs & Us is an investigation into – and celebration of – human-canine relationships.
With the rise of hybrid working and average lifespans increasing, dog owners are spending more and more time with their pets. This book explores how dogs affect and improve a multitude of aspects of our lives, covering themes including affection, calming, exercise, friendship and play. It also captures the link between human wellbeing and our animal companions – a particularly wonderful aspect of life with dogs.
Dog lovers everywhere will adore this fresh and vibrant look at the bond we share with our canine companions. With fascinating insights from organisations such as the Human Animal Bond Research Institute, it brings brand new academic research together with playful quotes and images in a collection that will inform, intrigue and delight. Join the growing number of dog owners who want to know more about our relationship with ‘man’s best friend’, and dive into Dogs and Us.
A perfect Father’s Day pick or coffee table staple.
Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Granta, 31st July 2025
RRP: $28.95 from www.booktopia.com.au
MISHKA – A DOG’S LIFE
The true story of a Belgian Shepherd Tervueren's coming of age
by Jackie Corrado
The true story of a Belgian Shepherd Tervuren's coming of age.
Through drama, but also with humour, we get to experience Mishka's battles, friendships, his hunts and his first love.
In a fascinating study of dog behaviour, this book depicts the full evolution of a young dog - from the heart-wrenching separation from his family at 8 weeks old, his search for a new "pack" and learning to bond with humans, to his many gained and a few lost friendships as he grows up to be an impressive Berber lion of a dog.
A book for all dog lovers, that will make you appreciate the individuality of each dog's unique soul and personality.
It is also a small contribution to the field of ethology - a one-case study of animal behaviour.
Featuring 48 original colour illustrations in watercolour style by the author, depicting many of the scenes described in the book, plus several photographs.
Hardcover, 132 pages
Publisher: Jackie Corrado, 17th July 2025
Price: $33.57 from www.amazon.com.au
DOGS & US
by Gareth St John Thomas
Discover the inner workings of our relationship with dogs in this gentle, informed and fun look at the reasons why we love our four-legged friends.
With the rise of hybrid working and average lifespans increasing, dog owners are spending more and more time with their pets. This book explores how dogs affect and improve a multitude of aspects of our lives, covering themes including affection, calming, exercise, friendship and play. It also captures the link between human wellbeing and our animal companions – a particularly wonderful aspect of life with dogs.
Dog lovers everywhere will adore this fresh and vibrant look at the bond we share with our canine companions. With fascinating insights from organisations such as the Human Animal Bond Research Institute, it brings brand new academic research together with playful quotes and images in a collection that will inform, intrigue and delight. Join the growing number of dog owners who want to know more about our relationship with ‘man’s best friend’, and dive into Dogs and Us.
A perfect Father’s Day pick or coffee table staple.
Paperback, 144 pages
Publisher: Exisle Publishing, 1st October 2025
RRP: $19.99 from www.amazon.com.au
DOG’S BEST FRIEND
A portrait of an unbreakable bond
by Giuseppe Santamaria
Dog's Best Friend celebrates the heart-warming bond between dogs and their humans, one city street at a time!
In Dog's Best Friend, photographer Giuseppe Santamaria presents a beautiful street photography collection celebrating the joy, character, and companionship shared by dogs and their humans.
Through candid snapshots taken on city streets from Paris to Tokyo, Melbourne to New York, Santamaria reveals the universal connection between people and their pets, capturing moments that are heartwarming, playful, and often poignant.
This book is a tribute to the timeless friendship between dogs and their human companions.
Hardcover, 272 pages
Publisher: Smith Street Books, 26th August 2025
Price: $26.25 from www.amazon.com.au
Publisher: Exisle Publishing, 1st October 2025
RRP: $19.99 from www.amazon.com.au
DOG’S BEST FRIEND
A portrait of an unbreakable bond
by Giuseppe Santamaria
Dog's Best Friend celebrates the heart-warming bond between dogs and their humans, one city street at a time!
Through candid snapshots taken on city streets from Paris to Tokyo, Melbourne to New York, Santamaria reveals the universal connection between people and their pets, capturing moments that are heartwarming, playful, and often poignant.
This book is a tribute to the timeless friendship between dogs and their human companions.
Hardcover, 272 pages
Publisher: Smith Street Books, 26th August 2025
Price: $26.25 from www.amazon.com.au
HOBBY BUDDIES
A Cute & Bold Cat and Dog Colouring Book
by Zoopeez (Author)
Experience the joy and relaxation that comes from colouring with the Zoopeez adult colouring book for pet lovers. Unleash your creativity while celebrating your love for animals.
A Cute & Bold Cat and Dog Colouring Book
by Zoopeez (Author)
Experience the joy and relaxation that comes from colouring with the Zoopeez adult colouring book for pet lovers. Unleash your creativity while celebrating your love for animals.
- Feel a sense of calm and peace as you fill the detailed illustrations with your favourite colours.
- Connect with your inner child and rediscover the joy of colouring.
- Transform your stress into artistic expression and unwind after a long day.
- Bring the pages to life with the vibrant colours of your imagination.
- Practice mindfulness and focus on the present moment while colouring.
- Embrace your love for pets and indulge in this soothing artistic activity.
The Zoopeez colouring book includes 20 unique colouring pages featuring delightful illustrations of pets.
Paperback, 25 pages
Publisher: Zoopeez, 9th June 2025
RRP: $21.99 at www.amazon.com.au
BOOK CLUB – KIDS CORNER
Paperback, 25 pages
Publisher: Zoopeez, 9th June 2025
RRP: $21.99 at www.amazon.com.au
BOOK CLUB – KIDS CORNER
ERNIE, THE PERFECTLY, WONDERFUL (BAD) THERAPY DOG
by Nicole Selby (Author), Tamara Botting (Contributor), Kira Alexanian (Illustrator)
Ernie's mum doesn't know what to do! When Ernie is at his job as a Therapy Dog, he is calm, quiet and well-behaved. But when Ernie is at home, it's like he's a different dog-he runs around the house and chases squirrels up trees!
by Nicole Selby (Author), Tamara Botting (Contributor), Kira Alexanian (Illustrator)
Will Dr. Heather the vet say that Ernie can't be a Therapy Dog anymore?
Pages, Pens, & Paws bringing literacy and laughter together. Pairing specifically crafted books, events, and animal assisted reading programs to share the joy of reading with a child.
Publisher: Pages, Pens, and Paws, 19 September 2022
Paperback 35 pages
Paperback 35 pages
Price: $19.36 from www.amazon.com.au
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A THERAPY DOG
by David L Thomas
Discover the heart-warming story of Oliver, a lovable Golden Retriever with a very special job!
Perfect for children ages 5–10, this beautifully illustrated story introduces important lessons about empathy, compassion, and emotional support. Along the way, kids will learn the amazing roles therapy dogs play in helping people feel safe, happy, and loved.
Inside this book, children will:
- Meet a real therapy dog and see the places he works
- Learn how pets can help reduce stress and bring smiles
- Build emotional intelligence through thoughtful storytelling
- Enjoy fun "Therapy Dog Facts" that inspire and educate
Join Oliver on his uplifting journey—and see how one good dog can spread so much happiness!
Paperback, 25 pages
Publisher: Independently published, 14 May 2025
Publisher: Independently published, 14 May 2025
Price: $16.92 from www.amazon.com.au
This informative series will explain all there is to know about dogs, cats, horses, and rabbits. Impress your friends and family by becoming a Genius Kid!
From playful puppies to large furry pets, there is so much to know about dogs.
Look for these other Poky Little Golden Books: The Poky Little Puppy, The Poky Little Puppy's Wonderful Winter Day, The Poky Little Puppy and the Patchwork Blanket, and The Poky Little Puppy and the Pumpkin Patch.
Hardcover, 24 pages
Publisher: Series Little Golden Books, 13th April 2021
For Ages: 2 - 5 years old
Price: $5.99 at www.booktopia.com.au
ANIMALS IN OUR CARE: DOGS
by Eliza Nodes
Are you the sort of kid who knows it all? Do you want to be?
by Eliza Nodes
Are you the sort of kid who knows it all? Do you want to be?
From playful puppies to large furry pets, there is so much to know about dogs.
This book will engage newly confident readers who are ready to learn independently with fun facts and provides learners a chance to test their knowledge.
These books also feature full-colour photos, a table of contents, a glossary, and an index.
Paperback, 24 pages
Publisher: North Star Editions, 1st August 2025
For Ages: 6 - 9 years old
Price: $21.35 from www.booktopia.com.au
GUNNER GOES TO THE BUS STOP (#5)
by Karl Riemensperger (Author), Oscar Feliz & Antonisa Scott (Illustrators)
Gunner is a loyal and playful 5 year-old Black Labrador mix that finds himself worrying about being separated from his boy as he spends his first day away at school.
These books also feature full-colour photos, a table of contents, a glossary, and an index.
Paperback, 24 pages
Publisher: North Star Editions, 1st August 2025
For Ages: 6 - 9 years old
Price: $21.35 from www.booktopia.com.au
GUNNER GOES TO THE BUS STOP (#5)
by Karl Riemensperger (Author), Oscar Feliz & Antonisa Scott (Illustrators)
Follow Gunner’s day as he attempts to fill the time between morning and afternoon bus stop visits with activities and dreams. Gunner might find that there wasn't much to worry about and that he can manage being by himself sometimes.
In the fifth book of a series, this story demonstrates how a dog might react to being left alone for a day without his favourite human but how quickly he forgets once they are reunited.
In the fifth book of a series, this story demonstrates how a dog might react to being left alone for a day without his favourite human but how quickly he forgets once they are reunited.
Things may not have been as bad as he thought and he will be better prepared for next time. There are many adventures yet to be had in the Gunner Goes series!
Paperback, 32 pages
Publisher: Independently published, 11 April 2024
Paperback, 32 pages
Publisher: Independently published, 11 April 2024
For Ages: 3 -10 years old
Price: $22.22 from www.amazon.com.au
THE POKY LITTLE PUPPY’S SPECIAL SPRING DAY
by Diane Muldrow
Poky and his siblings are excited to play outside on this beautiful spring day. They sniff fresh flowers, splash in puddles after getting caught in a passing shower, and even join some children in an Easter egg hunt!
THE POKY LITTLE PUPPY’S SPECIAL SPRING DAY
by Diane Muldrow
This new Little Golden Book is written and illustrated to recall the bestselling classic story, The Poky Little Puppy, published back in 1942. Boys and girls will love spending their special spring days reading this story.
Look for these other Poky Little Golden Books: The Poky Little Puppy, The Poky Little Puppy's Wonderful Winter Day, The Poky Little Puppy and the Patchwork Blanket, and The Poky Little Puppy and the Pumpkin Patch.
Hardcover, 24 pages
Publisher: Series Little Golden Books, 13th April 2021
For Ages: 2 - 5 years old
Price: $5.99 at www.booktopia.com.au
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