Dory Fantasmagory

I was please to receive an audiobook edition of Dory Fantasmagory through the LibraryThing Early Reviewers Program. This audiobook was excellent with Suzy Jackson's wonderful narration help bring this hilarious story to life. Dory the youngest in the family is often left out by her older brother

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and sister who think she is too much of a baby to play with them. Since she has no one to play with Dory, known as Rascal to her family. comes up with imaginary friends and involves them in adventurous situations. I loved how imaginative Dory was and how she and her siblings were shown actually involved in active play rather than interacting with electronics and not each other. This audiobook would be a perfect addition to a family trip and will provide a great story that parents and children can discuss afterwards. 4.5 big stars!

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I don't know who this book is for. Perhaps a read aloud for age 5-7.

Dory, 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.

My 5.5 year old daughter is enjoying this while we drive in the car.

This is one of the best early chapter books to come out in the last couple of years. It is full of imagination, spunk and mayhem. The audio production loses something, obviously, without Hanlon's illustrations, but narrator Suzy Jackson adds enough spark to make it definitely worth a listen.

This story made my first grade students laugh out loud. They liked the fact that Dory had imaginary friends (and enemies). They especially liked when Dory shot Ms. Gobblegracker in the...
I liked this story because it held the attention of my first graders even though we took several days to finish

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the story. It also had enough naughtiness and grossness to hold the attention of most of the boys.

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Great pacing, fun kid-like voice. Fun to listen for kids who would like to read along or just relax and listen.

Well...an interesting voice...the explosion of a kid's imagination...but kind of as annoying as the actual kid would be. I think I'm probably a lot like the grouchy sister, so I'm not appreciating Dory as much as I should.

This audiobook version of the book was fantabulous! Suzy Jackson infused life and gaity into Dory and her lively imagination and it was a delight to listen to the story. As other reviewers have noted, this is for younger readers but I was enchanted with the character and will look for other books

This books is part of a new chapter book series I recently discovered. I plan on adding some selections from the series into my mid-year read aloud time with my kindies. As a mentor text, I'd love to use this book to inspire children to keep an inquiry journal or a "wonder box" as Debbie Miller

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does when doing a nonfiction questioning lessons with her first graders. Speech bubbles are interwoven cleverly throughout this chapter book. Primary children love to use speech bubbles and this book can inspire students to use some new techniques. Dory is the youngest child in her family and as a result, she suffers some of the torture the youngest often endures (take it form me!). She nags her older siblings, questions them constantly "Why do we have armpits?How do they make plastic?" Throughout this story, there are more and more reasons to love this charismatic little girl! As the author says, "She is a little rascal with a big imagination!"

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This is a perfect book for young elementary. I received the audio book through Early Reviewers and I loved the narrator. She really brings the characters to life. Dory has such a vivid imagination and her adventures are really fun. This would be great for fans of Clementine by Pennypacker.

This story celebrates kids with wild imaginations! Even though Rascal exasperates adults and her siblings with her antics , she will definitely remind you of what it was like to be a kid and there was no limit to what you could imagine.

Dory is the baby of the family and of course not welcome to play with her older sister and brother. But no matter, she has a wildly funny imagination that keeps her happily occupied in her own little world. Dory pretends to be a dog, plots to get rid of the evil Mrs. Gobble Gracker, consults with

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her fairy godmother Nuggy, and her imaginary friend is a monster named Mary who gets into everything. A fun read-aloud for young children and a funny read for newly fluent readers.

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Adorably funny book great for younger readers or families to read together.

Whoa, this is veryvery child point of view -- and the child is hugely imaginative and full of steam of consciousness adventures. Pretty cool, and I like the illustrations. Not the intended audience, though, so it's not quite my jam.

First sentence: My name is Dory but everyone calls me Rainbow. "Nobody calls you Rainbow," says my big brother, Luke. "Remember?" I whisper. "I'm a teenager named Rainbow." "It's hard to remember you're a teenager when you have syrup all over your face," says my big sister, Violet. I feel my face.

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It is very sticky.

Premise/plot: Dory returns for her sixth adventure. In this one she becomes extremely clingy to her mother. Not that that keeps her from imagining her best life ever. OR from making great friends with the new babysitter. This one, like previous titles, features MANY adventures and misadventures--a blending of real and imaginary play. This one continues on the stories of her imaginary friends and enemies.

My thoughts: This one was so funny. It has been a while since I read one of these books. I loved the writing/narrative voice. For example, we learn that Saturday is NIGHTGOWN day and naturally Dory doesn't want to leave the house to go to Creative Dance. I also love the line where Dory offers both the pennies and the PIG to her mother in an effort to persuade her to keep on being a stay at home mom.

I do wish my library had the fifth book. I've read the first four and the sixth.

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my new favorite child, second only to Roman; actually, she reminds me a tiny bit of Peter at that age