Can’t Wait for Game Night?
Play & Explore
A little fun before the big fun. Test your animal knowledge, crack a riddle, unscramble a word or let the book pick who goes next. Every game works with a mouse, a finger or a keyboard.
Game 1
Animal Trivia
Choose an animal and answer as many as you can. Your animal friend will cheer you on.
True or false: A dog was never an official mascot for the Olympics.
Score 0
Dog questions come from the author’s published Canine Capers sample (answer choices added for the website). Cat, parrot and horse questions are website-original samples, not taken from the books.
Game 2
Riddle Me This
Read the riddle aloud, let everyone guess, then reveal the answer.
In 20 seconds, name a dog breed that rhymes with “got wilder.”
Rottweiler
What do you call a dog magician?
A labracadabrador!
Why did the dog sit in the shade?
Because it didn’t want to be a hot dog!
Game 3
Word Scramble
Unscramble the letters to find an animal word. Stuck? Take a hint.
Game 4
Who Plays Next?
In Canine Capers, the book decides who takes each turn with a fun “who plays” line. Spin for one and see who’s up at your table.
Ask the shortest player.
Lines quoted from Canine Capers’ published sample pages and Gary’s blog.
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