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Dormer, Frank W.

The Obstinate Pen

32 pp. | Holt | April, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8050-9295-0 $16.99
(1) K-3 Uncle Flood tries writing, "The following story is all true," with his new pen; what appears: "You have a BIG nose." The insulting, subversive, and anarchic pen falls into the hands of others but finds its true purpose with Uncle Flood's nephew Horace. Dormer's skinny-limbed characters inhabiting a world of merry chaos are reminiscent of Quentin Blake and share his energy and warmth.
Reviewer: Sarah Ellis | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2012

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