Dodsworth in Tokyo

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Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	J Fiction / Egan, Tim	4-week checkout	Due 05-19-2024
Traverwood Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Fiction / Humor / Dodsworth	4-week checkout	Due 05-08-2024
Westgate Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Fiction / Humor / Dodsworth	4-week checkout	Due 04-21-2024

Dodsworth's duck companion is surprisingly well-behaved during a visit to Tokyo, although he does fall into the koi pond at the Imperial Palace and becomes the center of attention at a Sanja Festival.

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A transitional reader visits Japan submitted by LibraryMaven on June 15, 2014, 3:53pm An early transitional chapter book with charming illustrations, Dodsworth in Tokyo is the latest of an ongoing series in which the title character and his perennially misbehaving duck visit various countries. Divided into four chapters, readers follow Dodsworth and the duck’s adventure and misadventures during a visit to Tokyo, including a visit to the Imperial Museum and the Senso-ji temple in Asakusa. There is little background to the story, other than Dodworths’ travelling, and little character development, so readers looking for a characters to identify with may be disappointed. However, Egan’s descriptions and illustrations of a visit to Japan are humorous and realistic, albeit populated with anthropomorphic animals. Readers interested in Japan or foreign travel in general may be interested. The Japanese locations mentioned could be used to plan an extension activity to find out more about them. Egan succeeds in including Japanese words and place names in a meaningful way while keeping overall word choice simple. Recommended for readers ready for simple transitional chapter books.