I picked this one up off of NetGalley as a quick read just to see what's out there for emergent readers. I really liked the way this was laid out and how it emphasized specific words and suffixes. It would be a great addition to an elementary school classroom. I just wish the illustrations were more colorful.

Review to come August on blog/other places.

I received this book from Netgalley/the publisher in exchange of an honest review.

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I was very curious about this book! Firstly because of the fun cover, secondly because of the title. I just LOVE a story about dogs!

But this book (and series) is apparently very special because it teaches kids about suffixes/consonants. Each story features a certain suffix and focusses on words that have that. For instance the dog story? That one focusses on consonant suffixes, -ful -ly -ment -s. Each story also gives more explanation on these suffixes and per story you even get some fun extras like puzzles. It is a really fun way to give kids more language skills but don't make it feel like you are studying. You are just reading a fun story about Meg and Greg and their adventures and along the way you learn new words, new suffixes!

There are 4 stories in this book. The first story is all about dogs, Greg and Meg have a Dog Dash stand for the Fall Fair Fundraiser! I really loved this story as I am a big dog lover. I loved what Greg and Meg did and how they kept going even if it was rainy/windy/stormy outside. I would have loved to see the obstacle course in person and bring along my doggo Coco to give it a whirl. She would have loved it! Next up is a story about quests! The school has a fun day prepared for the kids and they have to do quests and crack codes to win. Who will win? I loved seeing the kids solve riddles and travel through the town on the hunt for new clues. It gave more insight in the town and I wish I could have been there for real. I would love a good scavenger hunt!
Next up a story that I loved in parts and hated in other parts, you can read my NOPE later in this review. The yay were the cute school hamsters and what Meg and Greg were trying to make for them. A maze! And just a tiny one, but a big one! And then figuring out what snacks work best and how to get the hammies to discover the maze and find the exit. The surprise made me laugh and go awwww (but then later also ARGHH). And lastly we have a fun trip to a pumpkin patch... but will it be so fun when you have to babysit younger kids, especially when it is a very demanding set of twins? Finding pumpkins! There is a corn maze! I wish we had that kind of thing here, I would spend days at such a place, haha.

The art was quite fun! It reminded me a bit of a Diary of a Wimpy Kid and other such books. I liked that we also got some comic pages throughout the story.

While I did like the suffixes and that the words are in bold, my ADHD was just not happy. I kept having to drag her back to the sentence we were and not focus solely on the bold words, haha.

But please, PLEASE authors, stop with the stories of two hamsters together in ONE cage. Hamsters are SOLITARY animals. They will fight. They will kill each other. I am getting tired of it being 2024 and STILL we are getting stories like this, or stories in which kids give dogs chocolate. Can we please just stop? Everyone knows that these things are bad. Why would you put them in a children's book? Not to mention, the cage is WAY too small even for one hamster. And I am not going to start about the surprise the hamsters brought.

But other than that, I did like this book and the stories in them. I liked that kids learn about suffixes this way. And I definitely want to keep on reading this series~

This looks great for those with dyslexia - unfortunately i hadn’t realised this was geared for this target audience when selecting the title and it impacts my migraines when attempting to read. I hope many benefit from it though and appreciate the work done in this area