Nugly

Dogs are pretty simple to figure out: all they want is to be loved and to love in return. You have to at least repect the simplicity of that. They don't care about your race, religion, gender, or sexual preference. They don't care about your political affiliations, your income level, or what kind of......more

I snatched this at the book fair (don’t tempt me with a cute dog book) and it is SO CUTE AND SWEET and perfect 🫶......more

I would’ve never picked this book, but my 10yo did at the book fair (god, I love a book fair), and it was actually pretty devastating and also so hopeful and lovely. Some of the vocabulary, humor, and themes were pretty advanced for 5th grade, so an overall win.......more

My eight-year-old picked this up at the Scholastic book fair at school solely because there was a dog on the cover. It’s definitely above her current reading level, so without knowing what it was about, we read Nugly together before bedtime. We both noted the big, beautiful eyes on the cute dog pictu......more

My grandson dared me to read this book without crying. I took the challenge. I didn’t cry but don’t tell him that. But…..it is a sad story with a happy ending. Nugget is disfigured by a lion’s brutal claw swipe so he thinks he’s too ugly for anyone to love him. I’m sure the moral of the story is tha......more