Dog Tales

Dog Tales is a book that follows the lives of a pack of dogs and one goat who live on the same street, Dolan Street. This book that Emily Rodda has written is a whole lot of short stories about some of the adventures that the pack of dogs and one goat from Dolan Street get in. One of these adventures is the night when the burglars came and another is Barney's magic sausage-making trick. They even saved the world without anyone knowing about it. Even after all their adventures, they're still ordinary enough dogs and they still have to go for walks to catch up on all the gossip and make sure it is not them that is being talked about by their owners.

Throughout the many adventures that the Dolan Street dogs and goat go on there is always two themes that remain constant in the book, courage and friendship. Some of the adventures in the book has the friendship between some of the members of the pack tested. These specific adventures could be used in a classroom when students friendship groups are being torn apart from a particular incident and would be a good tool to use to help students renew their friendships. Courage is also shown in particular adventures that the pack goes on, including one where they stand up to a bully dog from another street and another one where they deal with the gossiping birds from the trees above. These two specific adventures would be a great teaching tool to help students deal with bullies and other students gossiping.