“Perfection of tone, plot, pacing, art, you name it. “Time spent with Dory is time well spent.” “Hanlon effectively uses many childlike pencil drawings and word balloons interspersed with a good mix of short and long sentences in brief, episodic chapters full of Dory’s hilarious adventures…readers will laugh at her entertaining antics.” “This inventive child is irresistible…Charming, funny and true to life.” “Hanlon has a winning way with the story’s characters (real and imaginary) and dialogue.” - Booklist It is a true triumph.” - Publishers Weekly ShelfTalker “An especially wonderful book to share with reluctant readers…I can’t imagine a book more calculated to reinforce the power of reading and becoming a reader than Dory Dory Black Sheep. In her third book, Dory takes reluctant reading to new heights with a story that is as one-of-a-kind and hilarious as she is. It really needs her help–this seems like a job for a superhero! And it would help if she knew how to read. And a black sheep leaves the pages of the farm book to follow Dory to school. Suddenly, a naughty little girl who looks an awful lot like Dory’s imaginary nemesis, Mrs. Dory wishes for a potion to turn her into a reader but things don’t go as planned. While Rosabelle can read chapter books in her head, Dory is stuck with baby books about a happy little farm. But now the class is learning to read, and it’s proving to be a challenge for Dory.
Jones and Ivy and Bean!Įver since Dory met Rosabelle, a real true friend whose imagination and high spirits match her own, school has been pretty good. Abby recently illustrated the picture book, Chester Van Chime Who Forgot How to Rhyme, written by Avery Monsen (2022).Ībby lives in Brooklyn with her husband, her fifteen-year-old twins, and her scruffy dog Caroline.ĭory turns learning to read into a hilarious adventure through the power of imagination-perfect for fans of Junie B. Her debut picture book, Ralph Tells a Story (2012), is widely used by elementary school teachers. Abby has taught creative writing and first grade in the New York City public school system. The books have been translated in twenty-two languages and are Junior Library Guild selections.Ībby has a bachelor’s from Barnard College and a master’s degree in childhood education from the City College of New York. The sequel, Dory and The Real True Friend won a 2015 Cybil award. It won a Golden Kite Honor for Fiction and is an American Library Association Notable Book. The first book in the series was named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and Parent’s Magazine. Abby Hanlon is the author and illustrator of Dory Fantasmagory, a series of chapter books for five to nine year olds, published by Dial/Penguin Random House.
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