The Best Dog Ever (PB)

Author: Halls, Smriti

Interest age: from c 3 years

Published on 12 March 2026 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 32 pages
274 x 250 x 5 | 182g

A charming picture book about accepting differences and loving

what makes us unique - filled with super cute dogs!

I wish I were a DIFFERENT dog,

the quick and clever sort.

Perhaps a spotty, dotty dog

with hair all trim and short.

Max wishes he was A DIFFERENT DOG. His fur isn't FLUFFY enough to

win Best In Show. His bark isn't LOUD enough to scare away danger.

He doesn't sit . . . or heel . . . or fetch . . . or come back

when you call, either.

?But Max's owner thinks he's PERFECT! Can Max learn

that he's perfect, too?

Smriti Hall's bouncing rhyming story about a perfectly imperfect

pooch is great fun to read aloud!

Chris Jevons' bright and bold illustrations of Max and all his

furry friends bring the text to life with colour and humour

A gentle introduction to ideas of self-confidence and embracing

our differences

If you like this, why not try Bun On The Run, also by

Smriti Halls and Chris Jevons!