A Dog on Barkham Street

{{short description|1960 book by Mary Stolz}}

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{{Infobox book |

| name = A Dog on Barkham Street

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| image = File:ADogOnBarkhamStreet.jpg

| caption = First edition

| author = Mary Stolz

| illustrator = Leonard Shortall

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| country = United States

| language = English

| genre = Children's literature

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| release_date = 1960

| media_type = Print (Paperback)

| pages = 184 pp

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| preceded_by = Emmett's Pig

| followed_by = Belling the Tiger

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A Dog on Barkham Street is a children's novel published in 1960 written by Mary Stolz and illustrated by Leonard Shortall.{{cite news |title=Boy Meets Collie |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/05/08/archives/for-readers-912-stories-of-everyday-life-and-tales-of-the-boy-meets.html |work=The New York Times |date=May 8, 1960 |accessdate=May 3, 2010 |format=fee required | first=Makjorie | last=Fischer}}{{cite news |title=100 Other Fine Books of 1960 |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/622511282.html?dids=622511282:622511282&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+06%2C+1960&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=100+OTHER+FINE+BOOKS+OF+1960&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026134726/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/622511282.html?dids=622511282:622511282&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+06,+1960&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=100+OTHER+FINE+BOOKS+OF+1960&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 26, 2012 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=November 6, 1960 |accessdate=May 3, 2010 |format=fee required }}{{cite news |title=Books for Children |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/491256662.html?dids=491256662:491256662&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+01%2C+1961&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=BOOKS+FOR+CHLDREN&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026134740/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/491256662.html?dids=491256662:491256662&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+01,+1961&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=BOOKS+FOR+CHLDREN&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 26, 2012 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=January 1, 1961 |accessdate=May 3, 2010 |format=fee required }} It was voted one of 41 notable children's books of 1960 in a poll of librarians conducted by the American Library Association.{{cite news |title=Librarians Rate Children's Books |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/04/04/archives/librarians-rate-childrens-books-41-selected-as-notable-in-poll.html |work=The New York Times |date=April 4, 1961 |accessdate=May 3, 2010 |format=fee required }}

A companion novel, The Bully of Barkham Street, was published in 1963. This presents the events of A Dog on Barkham Street from the bully's point of view.{{cite news |title=Books for Younger Readers |work=New York Times |issue=216 |date=28 July 1963}}