Dodsworth seems like a rather boring character. He travels around the world; Paris, London, and New York. I love to travel, but I haven’t been able to enjoy Dodsworth or “sell” it to any of my primary students. It is often a Junior Library Guild choice book, and I trying to find endearing characters. The duck is kind of cute as he tries to paint the Sistine Chapel or looks for fleas at the flea market in Rome, not it doesn’t make me laugh out loud.realistic/fantasy animals acting like humansReviews & AwardsHorn Book 05/01/11 Kirkus Review 03/01/11 Dodsworth and Duck take off for an adventure in Rome. The first time I found this book funny and a few laugh out loud moments. The second time as I read it aloud to my wife I found it hilarious and could barely keep it together. Duck keeps Dodsworth busy as he tries to paint a duck onto Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel, stealing coins from Trevi fountain and more. A good read for beginning readers and struggling readers who are making the transition to chapter books.
Brilliant. Great intros to world cities, vocab, and a funny story to boot!
—manji
I read all these books with my four-year-old brother and I loved them all!
—Becky
What a strange kids book. I did enjoy duck in the pizza throwing contest.
—lay
Real points of interst in Rome. Good characters. Series. Chapter.
—hottea
Duck and Dodsworth and hilarity, hijinks and puns ensue.
—Skyleigh
