A Dog on Barkham Street  A Dog on Barkham Street is a children's novel published in 1960 written by Mary Stolz and illustrated by Leonard Shortall. It was voted one of 41 notable children's books of 1960 in a poll of librarians conducted by the American Library Association. A companion novel, "The Bully of Barkham Street", was published in 1963. This presents the events of "A Dog on Barkham Street" from another point of view.