A children’s book by Kenny Bass
Atlas & Friends
Helping children understand working dogs—and the people beside them.
A warm school-assembly story about empathy, respect, and the important differences among working dogs and companion animals.
In development
A story built for children and the adults beside them.
Atlas & Friends uses a school-assembly story to introduce service dogs, guide dogs, therapy dogs, working K-9s, emotional-support animals, and pets without treating them as interchangeable.
The project is designed to support literacy, empathy, disability awareness, respectful public behavior, and age-appropriate social-emotional learning.
The learning at the center
Similar silhouettes. Different jobs, access, and expectations.
The school-assembly story gives children a clear way to practice empathy without treating every dog—or every person beside one—as interchangeable.
Service dogs. Guide dogs. Therapy dogs. Working K-9s. Emotional-support animals. Pets.
- Understand the difference before approaching.
- Respect a working team’s space and attention.
- Ask thoughtful questions without assuming a disability is visible.
- Carry the lesson from the assembly into daily life.
Current status: Atlas & Friends remains in development. A publication date has not been announced.
Respect begins before the first question: notice the team, understand the job, and give them room to work.