Diary of a Pug: Pug’s Snow Day by Kyla May - ESSENTIAL

Diary of a Pug: Pug’s Snow Day by Kyla May, 72 pages. CHAPTER BOOK. Branches (Scholastic), 2020. $25 

Language: G (0 swears); Mature Content: G; Violence: G.

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ESSENTIAL 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

Pug does not like to be wet, so when he experiences snow for the first time he is very nervous. His nerves are compounded when he hears a scary dog barking next door. His human, Bella, is also nervous to meet the new neighbor but they conquer their fears together and end up making friends. 

This is an engaging book for new readers ready for slightly sustained content. Written in journal form and with a lot of illustration this book will appeal to a wide range of readers and I especially love that it is not gender specific. The dog is male and the human is female, so unlike The Owl Diaries, which is a similar form, this book will reach beyond genderization.   

Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher