I love Chris grabenstein’s writing! This story about a group of dogs working together to film a tv show is perfect for reluctant readers. Straight forward plot, loves me pooches and lots of hijinks and laughs! Perfect for those readers moving just beyond those beginner series.

Chris Grabenstein writes such a great variety of books- fantasy in Island of Dr. Libris, his action-filled, imaginative Lemoncello series, Shine is heart-felt and gently teaches readers life truths...Dog Squad is light-hearted and dog-filled and fits in more with his Welcome to Wonderland series, but is not quite as long and likely a slightly lower reading level. The plot is simple and straight-forward, but has plenty of hilarious hijinks as a variety of pooches work together to film a TV show about a team of heroic dogs and deal with the interruptions of canines with less than admirable intentions and one not so nice, ne’er-do-well dog owner. In his afterword, Grabenstein explains that the book’s main character, Fred, is modeled after his real life dog who was discovered at a rescue center, became an actor on stage, and was later adopted by him and his wife J.J. Readers in grades 4-6 who enjoy humorous animal stories will love this one. Librarians and ELA teachers will give this book to their students with no worries about content and thankfulness that it has strong character development, clear plot progression, and excellent descriptive passages.

Dog Squad’s story was a fun as the cover suggests it would be! The dogs who play the Dog Squad on TV are entertaining, lovable and turn out to be as bold and brave as the characters they play. Getting into the minds of so many types of dogs will certainly please dog loving readers. This book is filled with adventure, danger and heroics! A read no kid will abandon once they pick it up and start reading.