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My personal favorite part of the story is the character of Duck in the story. He always ends up "accidentally" coming on trips with Dodsworth and serves as the comedic relief of the story. He helps Dodsworth see the city in a new way and make everything seem exciting and adventurous. I personally also like Duck because he reminds me of Mo Willems' Pigeon which makes these books even better if you ask me.
I have known these books for years, but for some reason as I was going through my books today it struck me how special and wonderful these books really as. I know several children that these books would interest and I know one in particular that I think would really enjoy this journey into the world of reading. Dodsworth has a way of taking his reader to special places and making a child learn about what makes this place so special. He talks about landmarks and culture. He is everything that I wish I would have had as a child.When I have a classroom I plan on using Dodsworth to introduce my young students to the world around them by showing them some of the most amazing cities in a fun, silly, and exciting way. I love how Tim Egan looks at the world and writes a story that children can really connect too. I can't wait to introduce children to this world.
I hope everyone has a fantastic new year. Be ready for lots of post in 2014. My resolution is to post twice a week if not more. I can't wait to find out what this next year will bring.
Happy Reading,
Ms. Cara
Ps. For anyone that is interested I recently got an instagram and I normally just post pictures of my books I am reading and things like that. You can follow me by looking up mscarafarmer . I would love to get some more followers :)