When Violet threatens Dory with a tale of a sharp-toothed robber named Mrs. To say that six-year-old Dory is imaginative is an understatement, but her older siblings, Luke and Violet, don’t appreciate her inventiveness. Casper, Huntington Public Library, NY - Copyright 2014 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.īulletin for the Center. Dory ultimately finds a way to prove her bravery to her brother and sister, and readers will laugh at her entertaining antics.- Kristine M. New vocabulary words are used in context within familiar settings and situations for the audience, creating a successful transitional book for new readers ready for longer stories.
Hanlon effectively uses many childlike pencil drawings and word balloons interspersed with a good mix of short and long sentences in brief, episodic chapters full of Dory's hilarious adventures. G that she isn't the baby to kidnap and sabotages a trip to the doctor's office. When Dory pretends to be the dog her brother has always wanted, she convinces Mrs. Gobble Grackle's attempts to kidnap her with banana peels and sleep-inducing darts. Dory and her imaginary friend, Mary (who resembles Maurice Sendak's Max), are always on the lookout for monsters, and they thwart Mrs. Gobble Grackle, who steals baby girls, they unintentionally feed her already overactive imagination.
When Violet and Luke tell Dory a bedtime story about the evil Mrs.
School Library Journal - Gr 1–3-Six-year-old Dory, known as Rascal to her family, wants more than anything to be included in her older siblings's fun, but her endless questions and make-believe monsters drive them crazy. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (+) (02/15) Physical Description: 151 p., ill., 20 cm.ĭory, the youngest in her family, is a girl with a very active imagination, and she spends the summer playing with her imaginary friend, pretending to be a dog, battling monsters, and generally driving her family nuts. Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers (2014)
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