New neighbours are moving in across the street and Ben can’t wait to meet their daughter, Erv. That is, until he notices that this family has a pet dog. Dogs make Ben nervous. But when Ben is brave enough to go visit, he learns that Max is an “old scaredy-dog” who is afraid of things, too. Can Ben overcome his fear and make a new kind of friend? From the award-winning author-illustrator team of Sarah Ellis and Kim La Fave, Ben and the Scaredy-Dog is a heart-warming story about the beloved Ben overcoming his fear of dogs.