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Marx, Patricia

Dot in Larryland: The Big Little Book of an Odd-Sized Friendship

40 pp. | Bloomsbury | January, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59990-181-7 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-1-59990-345-3 $17.89
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Roz Chast. Dot's microscopic size hinders her ability to make friends--until meeting freakishly tall Larry. The book has humor in spades, including some meta moments (there's an "intermission"), and makes creative use of graphical elements. New Yorker cartoonist Chast's quavery art features her calling-card drawings of decidedly unglamorous-looking people, here humorously editorializing in dialogue balloon asides about the story's proceedings.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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