You can’t go wrong with a Chris Barton book! This story is a great way to help kids learn the value of finding connections with others who don’t look like “us” or our dogs. . Who doesn’t love a park full of talking dogs who can teach kids about sorting? The illustrations are mixed together as a traditional picture book with graphic novel elements and the doggies (and a surprise animal guest) are oh so cute.

We Match is a comic book style read that features "matching" dogs whether it be by appearance or interest. I thought the concept was refreshing but I felt that it was a little difficult to understand at first, especially due to the comic book style execution. I don't know that younger readers will understand this as well as an elementary school aged child. The illustrations were adorable though!

Dogs ... Lots of dogs! They're all different, but all somehow the same. We Match is a book I would have loved to share with my children. It conveys the uncomplicated exuberance of being with friends you've never met before, it encourages openness to friends of different backgrounds, to engaging in friendly and nonjudgmental dialogue, and most of all to playfulness.

Thank you for the ARC. This was written as comic book style which I don’t typically care for but the illustrations were great. It had a good message about our differences and similarities.

Such a sweet book with a great message that we need to look for our similarities and not our differences and the artwork is wonderfully drawn!

We Match! is a comic book style picture book that explores how dogs can "match" by their shared interests, rather than their outward appearance. The story takes place at a dog park, where various dogs of all shapes and sizes interact. The book has a couple of more difficult words (I.e. aficionado) that would make it harder for beginning readers, but the book overall would be appropriate for K-2.

Thank you to Astra Publishing House and NetGalley for an advanced reader's copy of this book. Opinions expressed are my own.