Athena, The Anxious Shepherd, by Judy Nole and Chloe Renee (BookBaby, $25, 2025, baby to 10 years, 36pp)
Would you believe the dog on the cover is a German Shepherd Dog? He is so cute!
The cover tells it all in a picture of an anxious pup, though there should also be a photo on the back cover of the dog smiling, happy and relaxed.
Athena is a bit shy in new places and when new people reach out to pet her. just like many other dogs - and kids, too. Nevertheless, she makes a best friend, Lincoln the Golden Retriever, at dog school and even meets another German Shepherd Dog. Her teacher understands her anxiety and tells her person to work on that over the week until the next session. So, Athena and her person go places and do things.
But more than that, Athena's person learns to read her body language and can recognize when anxiety is about to rear its head so they can skedaddle on out of there. Athena learns her person will always look out for her but does she make enough progress during the week to stay in the same class as her new friends at school? You will have to read the book to find out!
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