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The Hospital Dog

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The Hospital Dog by Julia Donaldson, and Sara Ogilvie

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By Julia Donaldson, and and, Sara Ogilvie

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Written by the brilliant Julia Donaldson and stunningly illustrated by the award-winning Sara Ogilvie, The Hospital Dog is a big-hearted tale about a very special, very brave dog.

Here is a dog, a Dalmatian called Dot,
Is she quite ordinary? NO, SHE’S NOT!

After their breakfast and a swim in the sea, Dot and her owner Rose jump on the bus to the hospital. Dot loves visiting the children of Wallaby Ward and they’re always pleased to see her too; from a crying baby to a bored teenager – a pat, a stroke and a cuddle with Dot cheers everyone up. But the work of the hospital dog doesn’t stop there and when one of her patients is in trouble, it’s up to Dot to save the day!

A fantastic rhyming story from the creators of the bestselling picture book, The Detective Dog – winner of the Books Are My Bag Readers’ Award.

Reviews

17 Jan 2025

I like this book because the dog was helpful and saved a boy from a car. When dog’s leg was broken all came and cheered him up. I recommend this book to all kids.

24 Sep 2024

This is great to read out loud.

02 Sep 2024

Love this story
Love the rhyming

30 Aug 2024

Good drawings. Fun story. Reminds me of my cat.

29 Aug 2024

The best bit was when Dot got lots of presents!!

20 Aug 2024

I like that Hospital dog looks after people and they they look after him. I really like dogs and especially hospital dog. I’d recommend this book to people who are in hospital to make them happy.

14 Aug 2024

I thought the best bit was when Dot saved Joe.

14 Aug 2024

I liked it when everyone visited Dot!

14 Aug 2024

I really like this book because he helped people

12 Aug 2024

It was a lovely book and my mummy said that they have a hospital dog where she works too

11 Aug 2024

It was a good book and I would recommend it because the dog in story is really kind

10 Aug 2024

I liked that in the end all the people Dot had cheered up in hospital, came to cheer up Dot. It was very sad when Sot got hit by a car.

06 Aug 2024

Lovely ending

01 Aug 2024

It has an amazing dog who’s caring and loving

29 Jul 2024

I thought it was sad when Dot got hit by the car, but I was pleased that she was ok.

29 Jul 2024

I liked that it was about people in hospital and a dog who helped each other and the dog helped save Joe.

29 Jul 2024

I like when Dog was visiting the children and they gave her a pay and a stroke.

28 Jul 2024

I liked this book because I liked how the dog made them cheer up when they were sad.
I recommend it

27 Jul 2024

Liked the dalmatian dog. Liked the characters. Thought it was fantastic.

26 Jul 2024

This book was exciting because Dot the Dog saved a boy when a car was about to knock him down. That would be scary in real life.
I liked Rose, Dot and Joe best.
I would recommend this book to my friends

22 Jul 2024

I liked Dot the Dalmatian- she was adorable!

21 Jul 2024

I like hospital dog.

19 Jul 2024

The pictures in this book were really lovely. He seems like a fun dog

27 Jun 2024

My favourite character was the hospital dog because they were helping people feel better. It was sad at the end when the dog got hit by a car. I would recommend reading it

06 Jun 2024

It teachers you to look after each other.

05 Jan 2024

I liked this book because I love dogs. This dog was so nice to go see the children in the hospital and it made them feel happy. I was afraid when the hospital dog was hit by a car, I was happy when the children went to visit the hospital dog

05 Jan 2024

I liked the book because Hospital dog went to the hospital and played with the children and that made them feel happy. Then hospital dog got hurt and children came to her and made hospital dog much better

29 Dec 2023

This book is great, especially if you have had to go to hospital too.

09 Dec 2023

It’s a nice book but it made me feel so sad when dot got hit by the car

01 Dec 2023

Love it

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