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دُری فانتاسماگوری
دری، دختر کوچولوی ۶ ساله دارد. دوست خیالی ای او هیولایی است به نام مری. البته دری معتقد است که هیولاهای زیادی در خانه آن ها زندگی می کنند مثل هیولای ماشین لباسشوی، هیولای جاروبرقی، هیولای توالت یا راه پله، یا هیولای سس گوجه که وقتی فشارش می دهی صدایش در می آید. خواهر و برادر بزرگترش، ویولت و لوک، دوست ندارند با او بازی کنند، از خیالبافی های او کلافه اند و معتقدند که رفتارش مثل نی نی کوچولوهاست. سرانجام روزی ویولت و لوک برای اینکه او از کارهای بچه گانه اش دست بردارد به او می گویند خانمی به نام گابل گراکر وجود دارد که نی نی کوچولوها را می دزدد.
غافل از این که این حرف، به خیالپردازی دری دامن می زند. او بازی جدیدی را با حضور خانم گابل گراکر اختراع می کند و با کمک دوست خیالی اش مری و نگهبانش آقای ناگی (که او هم یک آدم کوچولوی خیالی است) تلاش می کند از دست خانم گابل گراکر فرار کند و دردسرهای بیشتری برای ویولت و لوک به وجود می آورد. سرانجام وقتی دری توپ ویولت را از چاه توالت در می آورد ویولت و لوک درباره ی خواهر کوچولویشان تغییر عقیده می دهند و او را هم بازی می دهند.
دری فانتاسماگوری داستان خنده داری است به کمک متن و تصویر رابطه ی خواهر و برادرهایی را روایت می کند که فاصله سنی شان زیاد است و در مراحل متفاوتی از رشد قرار دارند. ویولت و لوک با هم به راحتی کنار می آیند اما دری را به جمع خود راه نمی دهند. داستان تلاش ها و کشمکش های دری برای کنار آمدن با تنهایی و پذیرفتن شدن در این جمع است.
غافل از این که این حرف، به خیالپردازی دری دامن می زند. او بازی جدیدی را با حضور خانم گابل گراکر اختراع می کند و با کمک دوست خیالی اش مری و نگهبانش آقای ناگی (که او هم یک آدم کوچولوی خیالی است) تلاش می کند از دست خانم گابل گراکر فرار کند و دردسرهای بیشتری برای ویولت و لوک به وجود می آورد. سرانجام وقتی دری توپ ویولت را از چاه توالت در می آورد ویولت و لوک درباره ی خواهر کوچولویشان تغییر عقیده می دهند و او را هم بازی می دهند.
دری فانتاسماگوری داستان خنده داری است به کمک متن و تصویر رابطه ی خواهر و برادرهایی را روایت می کند که فاصله سنی شان زیاد است و در مراحل متفاوتی از رشد قرار دارند. ویولت و لوک با هم به راحتی کنار می آیند اما دری را به جمع خود راه نمی دهند. داستان تلاش ها و کشمکش های دری برای کنار آمدن با تنهایی و پذیرفتن شدن در این جمع است.
160 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2014
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Abby Hanlon
34 books269 followersAbby 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. The first book in the series was named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and Parent's Magazine. It won a Golden Kite Honor for Fiction and is an American Library Association Notable Book. The sequel, Dory and The Real True Friend won a 2015 Cybil award. The books have been translated in twenty-four languages and are Junior Library Guild selections.
Abby has a bachelor's from Barnard College and a master's degree in childhood education from the City College of New York. Abby has taught creative writing and first grade in the New York City public school system. Her debut picture book, Ralph Tells a Story (2012), is widely used by elementary school teachers. Abby illustrated the picture book, Chester Van Chime Who Forgot How to Rhyme, written by Avery Monsen (2022). Chester Van Chime is a 2023 Bank Street College Best Books pick and a Good Housekeeping Best Kids’ Books of 2022 selection.
Abby lives with her family in Brooklyn, NY.
Abby has a bachelor's from Barnard College and a master's degree in childhood education from the City College of New York. Abby has taught creative writing and first grade in the New York City public school system. Her debut picture book, Ralph Tells a Story (2012), is widely used by elementary school teachers. Abby illustrated the picture book, Chester Van Chime Who Forgot How to Rhyme, written by Avery Monsen (2022). Chester Van Chime is a 2023 Bank Street College Best Books pick and a Good Housekeeping Best Kids’ Books of 2022 selection.
Abby lives with her family in Brooklyn, NY.
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August 1, 2023
همه ما توی بچگی یه دوست نامرئی داشتیم که خیلی هم واقعی بود ، همه جا همراهمون میومد ، خیلی خیلی شجاع و باهوش بود و همه شیطونیا زیر سر اون بود. و وقتی خرابکاری پیش میومد هیچکس باور نمیکرد که اون دوستمون اون کارای بد رو کرده و چون فقط ما میدونستیم اون وجود داره و فقط ما میتونستیم ببینیمش همه فکر میکردن خیالبافی میکنیم و تقصیرها رو گردن یه چیز دروغی میندازیم. و بعد بهمون میخندیدن یا تنبیه میشدیم یا مسخره مون میکردن.
الانم که بزرگ شدیم همون دوست نامرئی رو داریم ولی دیگه نمیبینیم ش اما توی کله مون زندگی میکنه. هنوزم کسی باورش نمیشه این کارای بد رو ما نمیکنیم و همه چی تقصیر اونه.
الانم که بزرگ شدیم همون دوست نامرئی رو داریم ولی دیگه نمیبینیم ش اما توی کله مون زندگی میکنه. هنوزم کسی باورش نمیشه این کارای بد رو ما نمیکنیم و همه چی تقصیر اونه.
August 31, 2014
Which of the following types of children’s books are, in your opinion, the most difficult to write: Board books, picture books, easy books (for emerging readers), early chapter books, or middle grade fiction (older chapter books)? The question is, by its very definition, unfair. They are all incredibly hard to do well. Now me, I have always felt that easy books must be the hardest to write. You have to take into account not just the controlled vocabulary but also the fact that the story is likely not going to exactly be War and Peace (The Cat in the Hat is considered exceptional for a reason, people). And right on the heels of easy books and their level of difficulty is the early chapter book. You have a bit more freedom with that format, but not by much. For a really good one there should be plenty of fun art alongside a story that strikes the reader as one-of-a-kind. It has to talk about something near and dear to the heart of the kid turning the pages, and if you manage to work in a bit of a metaphor along the way? Then you, my dear, have done the near impossible. The last book I saw work this well was the extraordinary Sadie and Ratz by Sonya Hartnett, a book that to this day I consider a successor to Where the Wild Things Are. I didn’t expect to see another book tread the same path for a while. After all, these kinds of stories are enormously difficult to write (or did I mention that already?). Enter Dory Fantasmagory. Oh. My. Goodness. Pick up my jaw from the floor and lob it my way because this book is AMAZING! Perfection of tone, plot, pacing, art, you name it. Author Abby Hanlon has taken a universal childhood desire (the wish of the younger sibling for the older ones to play with them) and turned it into a magnificent epic fantasy complete with sharp-toothed robbers, bearded fairy godmothers, and what may be the most realistic 6-year-old you’ll ever meet on a page. In a word, fantastico.
She’s six-years-old and the youngest of three. Born Dory, nicknamed Rascal, our heroine enjoys a rich fantasy life that involves seeing monsters everywhere and playing with her best imaginary friend Mary. She has to, you see, because her older siblings Luke and Violet refuse to play with her. One day, incensed by her incessant youth, Violet tells Rascal that if she keeps acting like a baby (her words) she’ll be snatched up by the sharp-toothed robber Mrs. Gobble Gracker (a cousin of Viola Swamp if the pictures are anything to go by). Rather than the intended effect of maturing their youngest sibling, this information causes Rascal to go on the warpath to defeat this new enemy. In the course of her playacting she pretends to be a dog (to escape Mrs. Gobble Gracker’s attention, naturally) and guess what? Luke, her older brother, has always wanted a dog! Suddenly he’s playing with her and Rascal is so ebullient with the attention that she refuses to change back. Now her mom’s upset, her siblings are as distant as ever, Mrs. Gobble Gracker may or may not be real, and things look bad for our hero. Fortunately, one uniquely disgusting act is all it will take to save the day and make things right again.
This is what I like about the world of children’s books: You never know what amazingly talented book is going to come from an author next. Take Abby Hanlon. A former teacher, Ms. Hanlon wrote the totally respectable picture book Ralph Tells a Story. It published with Amazon and got nice reviews. I read it and liked it but I don’t think anyone having seen it would have predicted its follow up to be Dory here. It’s not just the art that swept me away, though it is delightful. The tiny bio that comes with this book says that its creator “taught herself to draw” after she was inspired by her students’ storytelling. Man oh geez, I wish I could teach myself to draw and end up with something half as good as what Hanlon has here. But while I liked the art, the book resonates as beautifully as it does because it hits on these weird little kid truths that adults forget as they grow older. For example, how does Rascal prove herself to her siblings in the end? By being the only one willing to stick her hand in a toilet for a bouncy ball. THAT feels realistic. And I love Rascal’s incessant ridiculous questions. “What is the opposite of a sandwich?” Lewis Carroll and Gollum ain’t got nuthin’ on this girl riddle-wise.
For me, another part of what Dory Fantasmagory does so well is get the emotional beats of this story dead to rights. First off, the premise itself. Rascal’s desperation to play with her older siblings is incredibly realistic. It’s the kind of need that could easily compel a child to act like a dog for whole days at a time if only it meant garnering the attention of her brother. When Rascal’s mother insists that she act like a girl, Rascal's loyalties are divided. On the one hand, she’ll get in trouble with her mom if she doesn’t act like a kid. On the other hand, she has FINALLY gotten her brother’s attention!! What’s more, Rascal’s the kind of kid who’ll get so wrapped up in imaginings that she’ll misbehave without intending to, really. Parents reading this book will identify so closely to Rascal’s parents that they’ll be surprised how much they still manage to like the kid when all is said and done (there are no truer lines in the world than when her mom says to her dad, “It’s been a looooooooong day”). But even as they roll their eyes and groan and sigh at their youngest’s antics, please note that Rascal's mom and dad do leave at least two empty chairs at the table for her imaginary companions. That ain’t small potatoes.
It would have been simple for Hanlon to go the usual route with this book and make everything real to Abby without a single moment where she doubts her own imaginings. Lots of children’s books make use of that imaginative blurring between fact and fiction. What really caught by eye about Dory Fantasmagory, however, was the moment when Rascal realizes that in the midst of her storytelling she has lost her sister’s doll. She thinks, “Oh! Where did I put Cherry? I gave her to Mrs. Gobble Gracker, of course. But what did I REALLY ACTUALLY do with her?” This is the moment when the cracks in Rascal’s storytelling become apparent. She has to face facts and just for once see the world for what it is. And why? Because her older sister is upset. Rascal, you now see, would do absolutely anything for her siblings. She’d even destroy her own fantasy world if it meant making them happy.
Beyond the silliness and the jokes (of which there are plenty), Hanlon’s real talent here is how she can balance ridiculousness alongside honest-to-goodness heartwarming moments. If you look at the final picture in this book and don’t feel a wave of happy contentment then you, sir, have no soul. The book is a pure pleasure and bound to be just as amusing to kids as it is to adults. Like older works for children like Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, Dory Fantasmagory manages to make a personality type that many kids would find annoying in real life (in this case, a younger sibling) into someone not only understandable but likeable and sympathetic. If it encourages only one big brother or sister to play with their younger sibs then it will have justified its existence in the universe. And I think it shall, folks. I think it shall. A true blue winner.
For ages 6-8.
She’s six-years-old and the youngest of three. Born Dory, nicknamed Rascal, our heroine enjoys a rich fantasy life that involves seeing monsters everywhere and playing with her best imaginary friend Mary. She has to, you see, because her older siblings Luke and Violet refuse to play with her. One day, incensed by her incessant youth, Violet tells Rascal that if she keeps acting like a baby (her words) she’ll be snatched up by the sharp-toothed robber Mrs. Gobble Gracker (a cousin of Viola Swamp if the pictures are anything to go by). Rather than the intended effect of maturing their youngest sibling, this information causes Rascal to go on the warpath to defeat this new enemy. In the course of her playacting she pretends to be a dog (to escape Mrs. Gobble Gracker’s attention, naturally) and guess what? Luke, her older brother, has always wanted a dog! Suddenly he’s playing with her and Rascal is so ebullient with the attention that she refuses to change back. Now her mom’s upset, her siblings are as distant as ever, Mrs. Gobble Gracker may or may not be real, and things look bad for our hero. Fortunately, one uniquely disgusting act is all it will take to save the day and make things right again.
This is what I like about the world of children’s books: You never know what amazingly talented book is going to come from an author next. Take Abby Hanlon. A former teacher, Ms. Hanlon wrote the totally respectable picture book Ralph Tells a Story. It published with Amazon and got nice reviews. I read it and liked it but I don’t think anyone having seen it would have predicted its follow up to be Dory here. It’s not just the art that swept me away, though it is delightful. The tiny bio that comes with this book says that its creator “taught herself to draw” after she was inspired by her students’ storytelling. Man oh geez, I wish I could teach myself to draw and end up with something half as good as what Hanlon has here. But while I liked the art, the book resonates as beautifully as it does because it hits on these weird little kid truths that adults forget as they grow older. For example, how does Rascal prove herself to her siblings in the end? By being the only one willing to stick her hand in a toilet for a bouncy ball. THAT feels realistic. And I love Rascal’s incessant ridiculous questions. “What is the opposite of a sandwich?” Lewis Carroll and Gollum ain’t got nuthin’ on this girl riddle-wise.
For me, another part of what Dory Fantasmagory does so well is get the emotional beats of this story dead to rights. First off, the premise itself. Rascal’s desperation to play with her older siblings is incredibly realistic. It’s the kind of need that could easily compel a child to act like a dog for whole days at a time if only it meant garnering the attention of her brother. When Rascal’s mother insists that she act like a girl, Rascal's loyalties are divided. On the one hand, she’ll get in trouble with her mom if she doesn’t act like a kid. On the other hand, she has FINALLY gotten her brother’s attention!! What’s more, Rascal’s the kind of kid who’ll get so wrapped up in imaginings that she’ll misbehave without intending to, really. Parents reading this book will identify so closely to Rascal’s parents that they’ll be surprised how much they still manage to like the kid when all is said and done (there are no truer lines in the world than when her mom says to her dad, “It’s been a looooooooong day”). But even as they roll their eyes and groan and sigh at their youngest’s antics, please note that Rascal's mom and dad do leave at least two empty chairs at the table for her imaginary companions. That ain’t small potatoes.
It would have been simple for Hanlon to go the usual route with this book and make everything real to Abby without a single moment where she doubts her own imaginings. Lots of children’s books make use of that imaginative blurring between fact and fiction. What really caught by eye about Dory Fantasmagory, however, was the moment when Rascal realizes that in the midst of her storytelling she has lost her sister’s doll. She thinks, “Oh! Where did I put Cherry? I gave her to Mrs. Gobble Gracker, of course. But what did I REALLY ACTUALLY do with her?” This is the moment when the cracks in Rascal’s storytelling become apparent. She has to face facts and just for once see the world for what it is. And why? Because her older sister is upset. Rascal, you now see, would do absolutely anything for her siblings. She’d even destroy her own fantasy world if it meant making them happy.
Beyond the silliness and the jokes (of which there are plenty), Hanlon’s real talent here is how she can balance ridiculousness alongside honest-to-goodness heartwarming moments. If you look at the final picture in this book and don’t feel a wave of happy contentment then you, sir, have no soul. The book is a pure pleasure and bound to be just as amusing to kids as it is to adults. Like older works for children like Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, Dory Fantasmagory manages to make a personality type that many kids would find annoying in real life (in this case, a younger sibling) into someone not only understandable but likeable and sympathetic. If it encourages only one big brother or sister to play with their younger sibs then it will have justified its existence in the universe. And I think it shall, folks. I think it shall. A true blue winner.
For ages 6-8.
January 7, 2020
I normally don’t mark/review the chapter books I read for work on Goodreads, but this little book was SO MUCH FUN! I was laughing out loud while reading it. I will definitely be recommending it to kids at my library.
April 24, 2018
I wanted to love this book and feel like I should’ve, with the main character a young girl with an imagination bigger than she is. She annoyed me so much though! I liked her imaginary monsters but I’m siding with her older siblings here. RASCAL IS DRIVING ME CRAZY!
I did like the illustrations, especially of the monsters. The product placement of the Nuggyo’s and Gobble Crackers were clever as they showed where the kids got the names for evil Mrs Gobble Gracker and Mr Nuggy, Rascal’s fairy godmother.
Perhaps it would’ve helped if I wasn’t an only child but the desperate need for Rascal to hang out with her older siblings bugged me. She’s got so much of an imagination she doesn’t even need anyone else in the room to entertain herself. I got the feeling she did most of her irritating behaviour simply because she knew it would drive everyone nuts.
Also, if I had a six year old daughter I would be asking some pretty big questions if she pretended to be a dog in a doctor’s office then proceeded to stab the nice doctor with a lollypop stick and who chucks tantrums like Rascal does. Maybe things are different these days but I knew how to behave well before I was six.
May I put this kid in time out until she wakes up to herself please? I guess this book is just another example of why I should never become a parent.
I did like the illustrations, especially of the monsters. The product placement of the Nuggyo’s and Gobble Crackers were clever as they showed where the kids got the names for evil Mrs Gobble Gracker and Mr Nuggy, Rascal’s fairy godmother.
Perhaps it would’ve helped if I wasn’t an only child but the desperate need for Rascal to hang out with her older siblings bugged me. She’s got so much of an imagination she doesn’t even need anyone else in the room to entertain herself. I got the feeling she did most of her irritating behaviour simply because she knew it would drive everyone nuts.
Also, if I had a six year old daughter I would be asking some pretty big questions if she pretended to be a dog in a doctor’s office then proceeded to stab the nice doctor with a lollypop stick and who chucks tantrums like Rascal does. Maybe things are different these days but I knew how to behave well before I was six.
May I put this kid in time out until she wakes up to herself please? I guess this book is just another example of why I should never become a parent.
November 10, 2015
I finished this book with my daughter and she immediately picked it up and started from the beginning. For me, that's a five-star book!
January 7, 2017
2 stars for the illustrations. -2 stars for Dory/Rascal/whatever her name was. -1 for the story. -1 for the siblings.
I heard so much about this book that I wanted to read it. However.... I wish I hadn't. Sure I would have missed the wonderful illustrations, but I would also never have known of Rascal, or her sister and brother who just annoy the heck out of me. Frankly, everyone was just annoying.
The brother and sister never wanted to include their sister. They always tell on her when she doesn't even do something wrong. They tell her a horrendous story about a woman who will kidnap her, which causes her to go into full-must-battle-mode and which is a running theme throughout the book. Eventually boring the hell out of me. The ending had them being together, but I wonder for how long. Giving the entire book, I am giving it an hour. Tops.
Dory/Rascal/Whatever her name was. Meh, I didn't dislike her immediately, but after 10 pages I definitely did. Yes, she is 6, but she acted way younger. She is going to school, but I can't believe one word of that. She at a school? HAHAHAHA, poor teachers. Good luck with that.
I hated how she kept annoying her sister and brother. I can imagine she wants to play, but she doesn't have to be so desperate about it. Yes, in a way I agreed with her sister and brother. I still found it mean, but I can imagine that if someone just constantly nags you that you might just go angry.
Her imagination was kind of fun, at times, but I was also a bit worried about a kid holding a dart to try to shoot someone, imaginary or not.
Also no, I don't find it funny to see her act like a dog at an important appointment. Especially when the mom was clearly saying that she should act normal. :|
The illustrations were definitely the best part of the book and also the only things that kept me going in this book. Otherwise I would have dropped it fast.
Wouldn't recommend this book. Unless you want to be annoyed.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
I heard so much about this book that I wanted to read it. However.... I wish I hadn't. Sure I would have missed the wonderful illustrations, but I would also never have known of Rascal, or her sister and brother who just annoy the heck out of me. Frankly, everyone was just annoying.
The brother and sister never wanted to include their sister. They always tell on her when she doesn't even do something wrong. They tell her a horrendous story about a woman who will kidnap her, which causes her to go into full-must-battle-mode and which is a running theme throughout the book. Eventually boring the hell out of me. The ending had them being together, but I wonder for how long. Giving the entire book, I am giving it an hour. Tops.
Dory/Rascal/Whatever her name was. Meh, I didn't dislike her immediately, but after 10 pages I definitely did. Yes, she is 6, but she acted way younger. She is going to school, but I can't believe one word of that. She at a school? HAHAHAHA, poor teachers. Good luck with that.
I hated how she kept annoying her sister and brother. I can imagine she wants to play, but she doesn't have to be so desperate about it. Yes, in a way I agreed with her sister and brother. I still found it mean, but I can imagine that if someone just constantly nags you that you might just go angry.
Her imagination was kind of fun, at times, but I was also a bit worried about a kid holding a dart to try to shoot someone, imaginary or not.
Also no, I don't find it funny to see her act like a dog at an important appointment. Especially when the mom was clearly saying that she should act normal. :|
The illustrations were definitely the best part of the book and also the only things that kept me going in this book. Otherwise I would have dropped it fast.
Wouldn't recommend this book. Unless you want to be annoyed.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
May 21, 2019
در دسته بندی کتابها بر اساس گروه سنی این کتاب "ج" نوشته شده اما من این کتاب رو به خواهر ۷ سالهام عیدی دادم.
دری دختر خیالباف و ته تغاریه که با دوستای خیالیش به جنگ خانم لف لف سیاه میرن! اگر می خواهید به یه دختر دبستانی کتاب هدیه بدید من این کتابو بهتون پیشنهاد میکنم!
پ.ن: اگه دلتون خواست یه کتاب بچگونه بخونیدم پیشنهاد خوبیه!!! :))) باید اعتراف کنم دوسش داشتم
دری دختر خیالباف و ته تغاریه که با دوستای خیالیش به جنگ خانم لف لف سیاه میرن! اگر می خواهید به یه دختر دبستانی کتاب هدیه بدید من این کتابو بهتون پیشنهاد میکنم!
پ.ن: اگه دلتون خواست یه کتاب بچگونه بخونیدم پیشنهاد خوبیه!!! :))) باید اعتراف کنم دوسش داشتم
January 24, 2021
дори фантасмагорията книгата ми хареса, защото е пълна с приключения и смешки
November 11, 2015
Don't get me wrong; this was cute. I liked Dory's imagination. BUT when a book seems to encourage brattiness and bad behavior, I just can't like it all that much because I do not want my child emulating Dory.
January 21, 2015
The 2nd graders and I are really enjoying Dory! We hope it's a series!
October 18, 2025
به نظرم فرمول ساخت همهی بچهها یکسانه؛ همهشون دوست دارن با بزرگترها بازی کنن ولی اونا بهشون توجه نمیکنن، همهشون به خاطر کارها و رفتارهای بچهگانهشون از طرف دیگران مورد سرزنش قرار میگیرن و به خاطر همین در نهایت مجبور میشن برای خودشون دوستهای مهربون و همدل خیالی بسازن و با اونا به جنگ جادوگرها و شخصیتهای بد برن و قهرمان بشن. مگه خودمون همینجوری نبودیم؟
دری فانتاسماگوری اول منو یاد بچگی خواهر کوچکترم انداخت که هیچوقت من و داداشم، اونو تو بازیهامون راه نمیدادیم، بعد یاد خودم افتادم که تا قبل از مدرسه کلی با خودم خیالبافی میکردم و سعی میکردم قهرمان قصهها باشم.
به نظرم یک داستان کودک خوب، داستانیه که علاوه بر جذابیت و بامزگی داستان و تصاویر، یه روانشناسی پنهان هم داشته باشه و باعث بشه هم بچهها هم بزرگترها از کتاب یاد بگیرن.
پ.ن: بعد از ماتیلدا که اصلا دوسش نداشتم و حتی به نظرم بدآموزی هم داشت، این کتاب بهم چسبید
دری فانتاسماگوری اول منو یاد بچگی خواهر کوچکترم انداخت که هیچوقت من و داداشم، اونو تو بازیهامون راه نمیدادیم، بعد یاد خودم افتادم که تا قبل از مدرسه کلی با خودم خیالبافی میکردم و سعی میکردم قهرمان قصهها باشم.
به نظرم یک داستان کودک خوب، داستانیه که علاوه بر جذابیت و بامزگی داستان و تصاویر، یه روانشناسی پنهان هم داشته باشه و باعث بشه هم بچهها هم بزرگترها از کتاب یاد بگیرن.
پ.ن: بعد از ماتیلدا که اصلا دوسش نداشتم و حتی به نظرم بدآموزی هم داشت، این کتاب بهم چسبید
November 27, 2025
این کتاب چقدر بامزه و دوستداشتنی بود.
خوشحالم که از بین کتابهای کتابخونه پیداش کردم و خوندمش.
واقعا چقدر دنیای عجیب و خیالی بچهها رو دوست دارم.
بااینکه درواقعیت علاقهای به بچهها ندارم و قیافهام جوری نیست که بچهها باهام ارتباط بگیرن ولی علاقهی زیادی به دنیاهاشون دارم و امیدوارم یه روزی اونقدر صبر و حوصله داشته باشم که بتونم با بچهها درمورد خیالپردازیهاشون صحبت کنم و توی دنیای اونا غرق بشم.
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دری و کارکترهای خیالیش یکی از موردعلاقهترینهام شد :))))
خوشحالم که از بین کتابهای کتابخونه پیداش کردم و خوندمش.
واقعا چقدر دنیای عجیب و خیالی بچهها رو دوست دارم.
بااینکه درواقعیت علاقهای به بچهها ندارم و قیافهام جوری نیست که بچهها باهام ارتباط بگیرن ولی علاقهی زیادی به دنیاهاشون دارم و امیدوارم یه روزی اونقدر صبر و حوصله داشته باشم که بتونم با بچهها درمورد خیالپردازیهاشون صحبت کنم و توی دنیای اونا غرق بشم.
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دری و کارکترهای خیالیش یکی از موردعلاقهترینهام شد :))))
September 7, 2020
So funny and cute! My 5- and 7-year-olds loved this book, and I laughed out loud at several parts. We can't wait to read more in the series.
December 11, 2014
Remember building forts out of the couch cushions? Or having your siblings holler, "Mom! Barbie (insert your name) is bothering us!" Or being told you were a baby? Or wanting to play with your siblings so badly you let them trap you under the covers even though you were claustrophobic? I used to scale the sides of the doorway to the top and hold on to the ledge because my siblings thought it was cool. It was rare I was cool. I was number four out of five kids. I followed my siblings around asking if I could play with them and getting a resounding "No!" over and over again. Similarly, Dory Fantasmagory is a cranked up Tasmanian devil that is annoying and sympathetic but who desperately wants her siblings to play with her. They finally do when she shoves her hand down a toilet to retrieve a errant bouncy ball. Dory reminds me of a younger version of Roscoe Riley or Junie B. Jones. Her imaginary life is blurred with reality to the point where she doesn't know when to turn it off.
Dory has pretend friends that are monsters or witches or gnomes. She plays with them all day long and there are even extra chairs at the kitchen table for them. Her best friend is a monster named, "Mary," that reminds me of the creatures in Maurice Sendak's, "Where the Wild Things Are." The witch, Mrs. Gobble Gracker, looks like Viola Swamp in Harry Allard's, "Miss Nelson is Missing." The gnome is called Mr. Nuggy and reminded me of all the nuggies I got on the head from three older siblings. If you don't know what a nuggy is it is when an annoyed sibling puts you in a headlock and painfully rubs his or her knuckles hard on your scalp.
Dory desperately wants to play with her siblings and is so excited when her brother likes it when she pretends that she's a dog that she goes overboard pretending she is one. When her mom wants to take her to the doctor she refuses and barks at her. A terrific illustration captures Dory's mom carrying Dory down the street forcing a dress on her. Shoes and purse are scattered on that front steps as Dory's flailing arms fight her mom with her dress over her head. At the doctor's office Dory stays in her hyperactive mode explaining that "I was stuck as a dog and there was nothing I could do about it. These things just happen to me." She woofs at all of the doctor's questions, pants like a dog, and thinks about licking the doctor. She even pretend-stabs the doctor with a lollipop stick but you'll have to read the story to find out why.
The pacing, humor, and illustrations make this a hoot. Grade 2 students couldn't stop laughing at it as a read aloud. Three students asked to check out the book in grade 1 when I finished half the book. The small pictures make me wonder if I should put it on the document projector so they can see the illustrations better. Everyone crowded around me to see the worm in Dory's brother's underwear. The book is 150 illustrated pages and I went through 55 of them in 20 minutes. You could easily finish it in 2-3 readings. Earlier in the fall I read the picture book, "No Fits, Nilsen," by Zachariah OHora that is about imaginary friends. This was a good follow-up. This is good for children dealing with siblings, hyperactivity, self-control, and pretend play. A must for your library.
Dory has pretend friends that are monsters or witches or gnomes. She plays with them all day long and there are even extra chairs at the kitchen table for them. Her best friend is a monster named, "Mary," that reminds me of the creatures in Maurice Sendak's, "Where the Wild Things Are." The witch, Mrs. Gobble Gracker, looks like Viola Swamp in Harry Allard's, "Miss Nelson is Missing." The gnome is called Mr. Nuggy and reminded me of all the nuggies I got on the head from three older siblings. If you don't know what a nuggy is it is when an annoyed sibling puts you in a headlock and painfully rubs his or her knuckles hard on your scalp.
Dory desperately wants to play with her siblings and is so excited when her brother likes it when she pretends that she's a dog that she goes overboard pretending she is one. When her mom wants to take her to the doctor she refuses and barks at her. A terrific illustration captures Dory's mom carrying Dory down the street forcing a dress on her. Shoes and purse are scattered on that front steps as Dory's flailing arms fight her mom with her dress over her head. At the doctor's office Dory stays in her hyperactive mode explaining that "I was stuck as a dog and there was nothing I could do about it. These things just happen to me." She woofs at all of the doctor's questions, pants like a dog, and thinks about licking the doctor. She even pretend-stabs the doctor with a lollipop stick but you'll have to read the story to find out why.
The pacing, humor, and illustrations make this a hoot. Grade 2 students couldn't stop laughing at it as a read aloud. Three students asked to check out the book in grade 1 when I finished half the book. The small pictures make me wonder if I should put it on the document projector so they can see the illustrations better. Everyone crowded around me to see the worm in Dory's brother's underwear. The book is 150 illustrated pages and I went through 55 of them in 20 minutes. You could easily finish it in 2-3 readings. Earlier in the fall I read the picture book, "No Fits, Nilsen," by Zachariah OHora that is about imaginary friends. This was a good follow-up. This is good for children dealing with siblings, hyperactivity, self-control, and pretend play. A must for your library.
October 6, 2018
کتابو خریدم که هدیه بدم اونقدر که انتظار داشتم برام جالب نبود امیدوارم از نظر یه دختربچه 6 ساله جالبتر باشه
February 19, 2016
Toto je tak strašne kjútovné, až to bolí :))) Akože pre baby 5-7 ročné, ale krááásne! Aspoň viete čo a akomu kupovať ;)
August 25, 2017
Hilarious!!!!!
July 8, 2018
4.5 stars for this imaginative chapter book.
Dory has a very active imagination which keeps her occupied when her older brother and sister think she is too much of a baby to play with them. Love her energy and her imaginary monster playmate (Mary). The Mr.s Gobble Gracker bit goes on a bit long, otherwise a delightful story and illustrations.
Dory has a very active imagination which keeps her occupied when her older brother and sister think she is too much of a baby to play with them. Love her energy and her imaginary monster playmate (Mary). The Mr.s Gobble Gracker bit goes on a bit long, otherwise a delightful story and illustrations.
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September 14, 2021
Reading this whole series with my 8 year old daughter and having a blast!
Dory is a 6 year old with an overwhelming imagination.
The book is funny, very easy to read and educational. It's a good starting point for a number of discussions with your little one.
Appropriate for 6 year olds and above 🙂
Dory is a 6 year old with an overwhelming imagination.
The book is funny, very easy to read and educational. It's a good starting point for a number of discussions with your little one.
Appropriate for 6 year olds and above 🙂
November 13, 2024
“Woof, woof!” I say, which means, “My human days are over.” And boy, do I mean it.
After school, my friends and I used to create wild, imaginary stories, each one more ridiculous than the last. It was the best part of our day. Dory would have been the star of our show.
After school, my friends and I used to create wild, imaginary stories, each one more ridiculous than the last. It was the best part of our day. Dory would have been the star of our show.
July 23, 2022
This book rules. Junie B Jones vibes, but weirder!
April 13, 2015
Hilarious! Seriously hilarious. And charming, and true and silly and perfectly suited to young readers! I literally laughed out loud multiple times reading this book. It is absolutely silly and full of fantasy, imagination and "made-up-ish-ness" attached to many things. It is over the top at the same time as absolutely accurately portraying sibling dynamics, parent frustration and little child antics. Full of wonderful illustrations, this has ADORED written all over it.
May 17, 2019
Imogen: Loved it. It’s because I like scary parts, and there was scary parts. And I liked when she kept barking like a dog. And I liked that there was a lot of words. And I like that they called her Rascal. I like how she has a lot of imagination. I like when she hit Ms Gobble Gracker in the butt. I like that she dresses up a lot. And I liked how they didn’t get together, and then they did (her sister and brother.)
January 6, 2025
My daughter absolutely adores Dory and her imagination. We have read this one countless times. Looking forward to reading all these books with her soon!
Reread with my youngest yesterday. Just a magical reading experience that captures this age so well.
Reread with my youngest yesterday. Just a magical reading experience that captures this age so well.
December 31, 2014
Laugh out loud - pee your pants hilarious. ..my 7 yr old and I were giggling nonstop...she asked to read a 2nd time...and guess what, I didn't mind!
May 2, 2015
I know everyone loves this book...but I just felt like it was too mean spirited. The interactions between Rascal and her siblings were painfully rough, and I just couldn't get past that.
February 16, 2017
Poor misunderstood Dory. At least the doctor understands what it's like to have a runaway imagination. Her parents need to have drawn the line long before. And her older siblings are pretty much mean - if they'd play with her sometimes she wouldn't need to resort to being a pest.
Well, at least it's a change of pace from the usual situation, in which the youngest is so babied that she doesn't have a moment to herself.
Well, at least it's a change of pace from the usual situation, in which the youngest is so babied that she doesn't have a moment to herself.
February 11, 2023
My daughter got these books for Christmas and was dying for me to read them since she loved them so much. I read the first one and found myself laughing and smiling. It's a book that is right up my daughter’s alley. I don't know if I'll continue with the series, but she sped through the first four books. I loved that Dory uses her imagination and in the end (spoiler!) learns how to better get along with her siblings. For any 5-7-year-olds out there, I'd definitely recommend this.
January 1, 2025
Nu ir visgi - ši dalis geriausia! Gailiuosi, jog neskaitėm visko nuo pradžios, nes kitose dalyse buvo daug kas neaišku ir nukrypstama į lankas. Bet ši dalis verta ją imti pirmąją ir suprasti tą Dorės pašėlusį vaizduotės pasaulį 🥰😇
April 15, 2018
Itin smagi ir jauki knygutė. Kartu su sese laukėm naujo puslapio ir pasakiškų, užburiančių iliustracijų. Istorija taip pat puiki apie žavią, nenuoramą mergaitę ir jos gajas fantazijas.
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