4The Adventures of Stella and Walter is a story about friendship that also explores the ideas of kindness and acceptance, with a bit of comedy and adventure along the way. Stella is a happy-go-lucky sheepdog who gets adopted by a family that includes Walter, the cranky, yet loving, goldendoodle. This book has themes and storylines that are of interest and relevance to kids, but that also has vocabulary and sentence structures that would offer motivation and support for reading and learning.