Others, like the Magic Treehouse books, send children on fantasy adventures. "Many series for fledgling readers feature mischievous girls and their grade-school exploits: Ramona Quimby, Junie B. The fourth installment in the wildly popular Dory Fantasmagory series delivers laughs on every page as Dory teams up with her pals, real and imaginary, to save the tooth fairy for all the world's children-and get her dollar! It's time for Dory to come up with a serious plan to get the tooth fairy her job back. Gobble Gracker has decided to steal the tooth fairy's job, and flying around in a tutu from Rosabelle, she heads for Dory's house. Gobble Gracker, who wants all of Dory's attention to herself.īut Mrs. But it also sparks a serious jealous streak in her nemesis, Mrs. Naturally, this drives her brother and sister crazy. "“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.A loose tooth leads to hilarious hijinks with the tooth fairy in book four of the wonderfully imaginative Dory Fantasmagory seriesĭory has her first loose tooth, and, with her usual over-the-top excitement, she cannot stop talking about the tooth fairy.
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. "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 * "This inventive child is irresistible.Charming, funny and true to life." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review
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