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Our Price: $6.95
Product Details
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| Shipping Weight: |
0.50 |
| Author(s): |
William Steig |
| Vendor: |
INGRAM |
| Publisher: |
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
| Published: |
30 June, 1990 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| ISBN: |
0374418101 |
| Store Code: |
20090 |
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Description: Doctor De Soto is a well-respected mouse-dentist who runs a successful practice with his wife (and able assistant) Mrs. De Soto. The De Sotos are friendly and professional toward all their patients, from chipmunks to donkeys to cows, the exception being "cats and other dangerous animals," as stated clearly on the sign outside the office. But the De Sotos are tender-hearted rodents, so when a miserable fox shows up begging for treatment, they agree to have a look (perhaps against their better judgment). As it turns out, this fox, with "a rotten bicuspid and unusually bad breath," manages to behave himself while tiny Doctor De Soto is standing mid-molar inside his gaping jaws. When the wily fox returns the next day to get his replacement gold tooth, however, he has mouse-flavored snacks on his mind. Luckily, Doctor De Soto and his wife have anticipated such despicable canine intentions, and find a way to outfox the ungrateful fox. William Steig, award-winning creator of Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, once again offers young readers a clever, amusing tale of interspecies mingling. As usual, Steig's tone is matter-of-fact, and his enchanting illustrations of the responsible mouse couple and their foxy adversary are alive with expression and emotion. Kids will appreciate the De Sotos' wit, and will be delighted to read more about this diminutive couple's adventures in Doctor De Soto Goes to Africa. (Ages 4 to 8)
Genre: Mice; Fiction; Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction; Children: Grades 4-6; Humorous Stories; Animals - Foxes; Animals - Mice Hamsters Guinea Pigs etc.; Juvenile Fiction / Health and Medicine; Animals; Dentists;
Average Review: 4.5 stars
Review: I loved this book! : My Name is Deyaneira and I am 8 years old. My English teacher read this book to us in class and I thought this book was funny . My favorite part was when Dr. De Soto climbed in the fox's mouth. I recommend this book for everybody. I also like this book by Mo Willems: Edwina the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct. I hope you will love this book.
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