The Pizza Dog

by Erin Farley, Bar Fabian (illustrator)

42 pages, Paperback

Published April 10, 2024

About the author

Erin Farley is a Boston based illustrator and designer, with a focus in narrative work. A graduate of Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Erin holds a BFA in illustration and has spent the last nine years working children’s publishing as an illustrator and designer.

Reviews

[Melissa (Nissa_the.bookworm)]

𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐅 𝐘𝐎𝐔
🐶 have a pup who loves pizza
🍕 ever wanted to work at a pizza place
📖 love books that rhyme
🧒🏻 know a child who loves dogs and pizza

• 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐓’𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓

ZEPPOLE, a golden retriever, dreams of becoming a pizza chef like the town's miniature Italian greyhounds, Giuseppe, Enzo, and Valentino. Zeppole doesn't think he has what it takes to make pizza like them because he thinks he is too big and too clumsy. One day he confides in a trusted friend who gives him the confidence to try something new.

• 𝐌𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒

Ahh this was the cutest book ever! Firstly, I love pizza and golden retrievers, so I knew I would love absolutely everything about this story! The rhymes were incredibly well done and not simplistic. My 4 year old and I read this together and he loved every second of it. He laughed at the silly dog eating and making pizza. I loved the overall lesson of the story to never give up on your dreams too. Zeppole believed he couldn’t make pizza because of his big paws and long tail but he proved otherwise. I definitely recommend this one to all kiddos!

[Micah Johnson]

Really cute and fun, makes me want to get some pizza.