Love this book! Plan to purchase this book for my nephew! Have a reminder on my calendar to do so ... why? Great text. Beautiful illustrations. My nephew wants a dog and loves non-fiction books. And I've never heard of "Conservation Dogs", dogs that help the environment by using their keen sense of smell. A beautiful story. Love the pictures of the real life heros highlighted at the end of the book. The text by Carol A. Foote is perfect for children ages 5-9. The illustrations by Larry Day are beautiful and incredible.

Love, love, love Trouble Dog.

Many thanks to NetGalley, Eerdmans Books for Young Readers an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Grand Rapids, Michigan for approving my request to read and review the advance read copy of Trouble Dog in exchange for an honest review.

48 pages, publication date is Feb 25, 2025.

This book is so heartwarming! I have no doubt that many kids, from all over, will love this book and will love learning about adopted conservation dogs. There is a healthy amount of information in this book that will educate kids, interest them, and not overwhelm readers. It is impressive how the author perfectly found this balance in this book, and it is crucial. Additionally, young readers of this book might be inspired to train dogs, adopt dogs, learn about dogs, etc after reading this book. That makes this book memorable and (obviously) inspirational, and this story will stick with readers long after they read the final page. Even further, the plot was clearly well-though-out and made a lot of sense. It had a good structure and the story moved at a perfect pace. Lastly, the illustrations accurately represent the emotions between a dog and its owner. This is mainly what made this story so heartwarming and impactful. Major kudos to the illustrator for paying so much attention to emotion and details within each illustration throughout this book.
Bravo!