"“This book has everything going for it: A throbbing heart at its center …humor in spades and charm to spare.this is one of the best children’s books I’ve seen all year. Jones and Ivy & Bean Here comes a lovably energetic little sister with a BIG personality-and an imagination to match As the youngest in her family, Dory really wants attention, and more than anything she wants her brother and sister to play with her. Author Abby Hanlon has taken a universal childhood desire (the wish of the younger sibling for the older ones to play with them) and turned it into a magnificent epic fantasy complete with sharp-toothed robbers, bearded fairy godmothers, and what may be the most realistic 6-year-old you’ll ever meet on a page. Dory Fantasmagory (The Dory Fantasmagory Series) Audio CD April 8, 2015. "Perfection of tone, plot, pacing, art, you name it. “ Time spent with Dory is time well spent.”– PW , starred review * "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…readers will laugh at her entertaining antics.” – SLJ, starred review By Abby Hanlon Book 5 Many series for fledgling readers feature mischievous girls and their grade-school exploits: Ramona Quimby, Junie B. * "This inventive child is irresistible.Charming, funny and true to life." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review
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