{"id":20155,"date":"2013-09-03T21:22:29","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T01:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=20155"},"modified":"2013-09-03T21:22:29","modified_gmt":"2013-09-04T01:22:29","slug":"review-of-dodsworth-in-tokyo-by-tim-egan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=20155","title":{"rendered":"Review of Dodsworth in Tokyo, by Tim Egan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Dodsworth in Tokyo<\/em><\/p>\n

by Tim Egan<\/p>\n

HMH Books for Young Readers, 2013. 48 pages.
\nStarred Review<\/p>\n

Dodsworth and the Duck have been in New York, Paris, London, and Rome<\/a>. Now they take on Tokyo.<\/p>\n

This fabulous series of chapter books for beginning readers introduces a few customs and places from the host cities, while leaving the readers wondering, What will the Duck mess up in this place?<\/p>\n

In Tokyo, the duck gets along amazingly well. He finds a kendama<\/em>, and he is remarkably good at playing with it. But can he really stay out of trouble? <\/p>\n

Pictures go along with the story. The characters are animals rather than people, and it\u2019s all done in Tim Egan\u2019s understated cartoon style, but with a Japanese setting.<\/p>\n

The duck ran across a row of taiko drums.
\nThe patter of his feet fit the music perfectly.
\nThe crowd cheered.
\n\u201cDon\u2019t encourage him!\u201d yelled Dodsworth.
\nThe duck grabbed a rope and swung over the festival.
\nThe crowd cheered again.
\n\u201cThis won\u2019t end well,\u201d said Dodsworth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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