David and Dog is a picture storybook which portrays a tender family story of a little boy, David, who lost his favorite toy dog and becomes inconsolable. The illustrations help to create feelings of warmth, love, compassion and sacrifice. The literary quality of this book is right to the appreciation level of 1st- 3rd Grade children with warm loving relationship between and sister. Its ending is appropriate for younger children as they see David is happy after he got his beloved toy dog back.