Dot in Larryland: The Big Little Book of an Odd-Sized Friendship - Hardcover

Marx, Patricia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1599901811 ISBN 13: 9781599901817

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens, 2008

Synopsis

He may be huge and she may be tiny, but Dot and Larry are destined to become best friends.

Dot, a teeny tiny little gal who's no bigger than a dust mite, is very lonely and would love to find a friend. Larry, a guy who's so big his head is always in the clouds, doesn't think anyone understands him. But a chance meeting at a diner (just after Larry's fifteenth burger) leads Dot right to the most humongous man in the world, and they discover that their differences actually make them pretty similar. Featuring Roz Chast's distinctive and hilarious illustrations, Dot in Larryland will have readers looking very high (and very low) for their next best friend.

About this title

About the Author

PATRICIA MARX is a former Saturday Night Live writer and author of several books, including the New York Times bestseller Him Her Him Again the End of Him. This is her first book for invisible readers. She lives in New York City.

ROZ CHAST has illustrated countless cartoons for magazines like the New Yorker and is the author of Theories of Everything: Selected, Collected, and Health-Inspected Cartoons, 1978-2006. She's illustrated many picture books for children, including the New York Times and Book Sense bestseller The Alphabet from A to Y with Bonus Letter Z! by Steve Martin. Roz lives in Connecticut.

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 3—A quirky tale of an unlikely friendship between beyond-ridiculously small Dot and extra-large Larry. Though the title gives the impression that Dot enters Larry's world, the book is more about how the characters don't fit in with average-sized people and how they eventually find one another. The text reads like a Dr. Seuss offering with its rhymes and made-up words. For example, on "The Chart of Tinies," Dot is shown to be littler than a "Glot (small), Zot (quite small), Sprot (even smaller), Krot (unbelievably small)," and Chot (ridiculously small)." Dot has a hard time finding friends: sand grains are preoccupied with being a beach while fleas are too busy making dogs itch. Of course, Larry doesn't have it any easier: the house at 66 Edgars Lane refuses his invitation for a walk, saying, "I'm stuck here, in charge of the Johnsons' stuff." And in response to his wanting to play hide-and-seek, the weeping willow only cries. Then, when Larry almost eats Dot one day, the two become friends. Marx's humor combined with Chast's New Yorker-style illustrations make for quite a sophisticated read. The pen-and-ink and watercolor artwork is filled with clever details and touches, and dialogue balloons add wisecracking fun. Some words and concepts may go over the heads of younger children, but the rhyme schemes and short sentences make this a lively and original read-aloud.—Kim T. Ha, Elkridge Branch Library, MD
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Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1599901811
• ISBN 13: 9781599901817
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Chast Roz