Research Guides: Online Book Displays: Dog Days of Summer (July 2021)

Dog Days of Summer

What are the "Dog Days of Summer"?

According to the Almanac, "The term “Dog Days” traditionally refers to a period of particularly hot and humid weather occurring during the summer months of July and August in the Northern Hemisphere. In ancient Greece and Rome, the Dog Days were believed to be a time of drought, bad luck, and unrest, when dogs and men alike would be driven mad by the extreme heat. Today, the phrase doesn’t conjure up such bad imagery. Instead, the Dog Days are associated purely with the time of summer’s peak temperatures and humidity." (https://www.almanac.com/content/what-are-dog-days-summer)

Check out our selection of books and movies with "dog" in the title!

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Movies

The Dog
In 1972, John Wojtowicz attempted to rob a Brooklyn bank to pay for his male lover's sex change operation. Three years later Al Pacino portrayed his crime in Dog day afternoon. We gain a historic perspective on New York's gay liberation movement, in which Wojtowicz played an active role.
Wag the Dog
When the President is caught in a sex scandal less than 2 weeks before the election, "Mr. Fix-it" decides they need a war to distract the public's attention and he calls on Hollywood's top producer to create it.
A dog year
Jon Katz is a writer at a mid-life crossroads who decides to adopt and train a high-strung border collie named Devon, only to discover it's he himself who has the real lessons to learn. Based on a true story.
A Cheonggyecheon dog
In telling the story of a man and his contemplative walk along the river that divides Seoul, director Kim Kyung-Mook is using his setting of the Cheonggyecheon River; so notoriously polluted since the Japanese occupation but recently recovered enough to constitute a tourist attraction; to speak for South Korea's shifting and alternating identity between the old and the new Seoul.
Norainu = Stray dog
A bad day gets worse for rookie detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo's sweltering streets for the thief, whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, the cop and the criminal's lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami's own dark side.
George Crumb : Bad dog!.
A film celebrating the life and music of American composer George Crumb. It features performances by the George Crumb Ensemble.
A Boy and His Dog
This 1975 science-fiction thriller, based on Harlan Ellison's classic short story, failed commercially but has become a cult classic. It tells the story of a young man in a post-apocalyptic landscape who survives with the help of a telepathic dog.

Children's Books

Diary of a Wimpy Kid # 4 - Dog Days by Jeff Kinney
Call Number: Clemens Juvenile PS3611.I64 D538 2009
Publication Date: 2009
A Dog for Life by L. S. Matthews
Call Number: Clemens Juvenile PR6063.A858 D63 2006
Publication Date: 2006
Dog Man by Dav Pilkey
Call Number: Clemens Juvenile PS3566.I49 D64 2016
Publication Date: 2016
City Dog, Country Frog by Mo Willems; Jon J. Muth (Illustrator)
Call Number: Clemens Juvenile PS3573.I4452 C57 2010
Publication Date: 2010
The Stray Dog by Marc Simont (Illustrator)
Call Number: Clemens Juvenile PS3569.I4877 S87 2001
Publication Date: 2001
Madlenka's Dog by Peter Sís (Illustrator)
Call Number: Clemens Juvenile PS3569.I783 M34 2002
Publication Date: 2002
Dog Food by Saxton Freymann
Call Number: Clemens Juvenile TX652.5 .F736 2002
Publication Date: 2002
The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin
Call Number: Clemens Juvenile PS3562.I468 Y42 2006
Publication Date: 2005