What Do Dogs Dream?

by Louise Rafkin, Alison Bechdel (Illustrator)

Quotations from dogs offer a glimpse into their dreams, from winning a dog show to being stuck at a desk job

48 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1998

About the author

Louise Rafkin is the author of Other People's Dirt and the editor of Different Mothers. She has been a commentator for NPR's All Things Considered and has written for Out Magazine. Her articles and essays appear frequently in the New York Times, Health Magazine, and Metropolitan Home. She lives in Oakland, CA.

Reviews

[Suzi]

I am rereading books I bought in the late 1990s. I'd forgotten how funny this one is, probably because it was before we got a dog. If you have friends who are therapist or into dream analysis, get this book for them. the dreams are funny and full of meaning. The illustrations aren't as cute as they could be.

[Charlotte]

I am an unabashed Alison Bechdel Stan for life. Thrift books had this “for free” and I picked it up. Sweet and funny little book about our dreams about what dogs dream about and how they perceive the world.

I’m not even a dog person. But I guess I am a Bechdel person, and the illustrations had great character.