All Dogs Bark
Age 3+
Picture Books Farm Animals
2022 Speech Pathology Australia Shortlist Book
All around the world dogs bark. Jappe, Gav, Woof.
Travel the world and join in this noisy celebration of the different barks that dogs make around the world.
Creators
Catherine Meatheringham loves writing stories with music and noise to encourage children to join in with the story. Her first picture book, My Possum Plays the Drums, was published by Windy Hollow Books in 2020 and was a shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year 2020. All Dogs Bark is Catherine’s second picture book. She lives in Canberra with her husband, two young children, a noisy possum and a Welsh Springer Spaniel called Alfie, who barks barks barks!
Deb Hudson is an artist and Illustrator from a seaside suburb in Melbourne where she lives with her husband, three children, energetic border collie and a bright yellow canary. She is a colour lover and has always enjoyed getting lost in a drawing or painting or some creative process. She finds joy in creating illustrations that celebrate life, love, growth and wonder. Highlighting all the beauty around, especially the tiny unnoticed details.
Reviews
A picture book that is particularly appealing for canine lovers, All Dogs Bark is a joyous and raucous look at the dogs of the world. Its simple language makes it suitable for toddlers, who will be delighted to learn that unlike the Australian ‘woof’, international dogs bark in different ways.
Books+Publishing
This fun book celebrates doggy love around the world, and how their barks are described in different languages. Dogs in France bark Jappe Jappe Jappe, dogs in Brazil bark Au Au Au, and my dog barks Woof, Woof, Woof. All Dogs Bark will have toddlers and young kids joining in with the story as they copy the fun doggy noises. The simple text and short length are perfect for younger readers. In exploring this book, children will be exposed to a variety of cultures and languages through the text and pictures, as well as the idea that people have different ways of doing and saying things around the world.
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