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Release date
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781490691367
- File size: 27605 KB
- Duration: 00:57:30
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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Starred review from June 15, 2015
In a sequel every bit as delightful as its predecessor, Hanlon follows the wildly imaginative star of Dory Fantasmagory to school, where Dory attempts to make a “real” friend (as opposed to the monsters she plays with at home). She is immediately drawn to a princess-loving girl named Rosabelle, but Dory’s overtures of friendship don’t initially hit their mark: “ ‘Do you want some floppy cookies?’ I whisper to her, which is my nickname for salami because I love it so much. She does not.” Once again, Hanlon’s hilarious narration and cartooning reveal an uncanny talent for getting into the mile-a-minute mind of a one-of-a-kind girl. Ages 6–8. Agent: Ann Tobias, A Literary Agency for Children’s Books. -
Suzy Jackson's narration turns on a dime. At one moment she voices all the angst imaginable as young Dory faces the start of school on the following day and then all her delight as she fawns over the teacher, the coat closet, and Rosabelle, a girl sitting at her table. Dory is a child whose vivid imagination is populated by imaginary friends. As much as her mother, brother, and sister admonish her NOT to take them to school, Jackson's narration is at its richest when Dory has done just that--and involves Rosabelle and her imaginary friends to boot. Jackson's Rosabelle speaks dreamily--princess that she is--and Dory chatters energetically. Should the book be on hand, listeners will delight in the illustrations. A.R. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine -
Narrator Suzy Jackson transports listeners into the colorful world of 6-year-old Dory, who is better known as Rascal to her family. With a light, breathless voice, Jackson convinces listeners they're right in the midst of Dory's family struggles or, on other occasions, in her imagination. While siblings Luke and Violet scheme to keep Rascal out of their hair, she responds by involving imaginary friends in retaliation. Jackson mirrors Dory's boundless energy as she pesters her older siblings with endless questions, irritates her mother to the extreme by pretending to be a dog at the pediatrician's office, and rattles off a list of terrible things Mrs. Gobble Gracker might do when she whisks Dory away. Relish this audio treat! A.R. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award, 2016 Audies Finalist © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine
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Starred review from September 15, 2014
Dory’s nickname, “Rascal,” is an immediate tip-off to the six-year-old’s personality, but there’s more to Dory than just being a spitfire. To combat her older siblings’ refusal to play with her because she’s a “baby,” Dory conjures up Mary, a monster friend who appreciates her incessant questions, like “Why do we have armpits?” and “What is the opposite of sandwich?” Dory’s pestering leads Luke and Violet to tell her that 507-year-old Mrs. Gobble Gracker, “who robs baby girls,” is looking for her. This sets Dory’s imagination spinning, leading to the appearance of the vampiric Mrs. Gobble Gracker and the gnomelike Mr. Nuggy, who introduces himself as her fairy godmother. Reality and fantasy combine hilariously in a story that, at heart, is about a girl who wants little more than to spend time with her brother and sister. Hanlon’s (Ralph Tells a Story) loosely scrawled illustrations, speech balloons, and hand-lettering are an enormous part of the story’s humor, channeling Dory’s energy and emotions as emphatically as the narration. Time spent with Dory is time well spent. Ages 6–8. Agent: Ann Tobias, A Literary Agency for Children’s Books.
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