# The Hospital Dog

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- Book: [The Hospital Dog](https://www.bookquiver.com/julia-donaldson/the-hospital-dog) ([The Hospital Dog.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/julia-donaldson/the-hospital-dog.md))
- Authors: [Julia Donaldson](https://www.bookquiver.com/julia-donaldson)
- Publisher: macmillan_children_s_books
- ISBN: 978-15-0986-832-2
- Pages: 32
- Published: 2021-05-27
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The NHS and dogs; each keeps the nation’s heart beating. Trust Julia Donaldson, the rhymetastic author . . . to put the two together in a story that barks to our age. [P]aired with the supremely talented Sara Ogilvie . . . whose beautiful, humorous ink drawings match perfectly the bounding words. [T]he rhymes fly, the heart jumps. It’s guaranteed to give children and parents the literary equivalent of a giant welcome home wag.