D.W. thinks big

Title:

D.W. thinks big

Author:

Summary:

Even though her brother Arthur says she is too little to help with the upcoming wedding, D.W. proves she is just the right size when disaster strikes during the ceremony.

Edition:

1st ed.

Physical Description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 cm.

Genre:

Picture books.

Subject Term:

Weddings -- Juvenile fiction.

Size -- Juvenile fiction.

Siblings -- Juvenile fiction.

Aardvark -- Juvenile fiction.

Publisher:

Joy Street Books,

Electronic Access:

Publisher description

Publication Date:

1993

ISBN:

9780316113052

Publication Information:

Boston : Joy Street Books, c1993.

Call Number:

P BROWN

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Summary

Even though her brother Arthur says she is too little to help with the upcoming wedding, D.W. proves she is just the right size when disaster strikes during the ceremony.

Author Notes

Author and illustrator, Marc Brown was born in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1946. He attended the Cleveland Institute of Art. After college, he worked numerous odd jobs before he began his career.

He is most renown for creating the Arthur series. The idea for Arthur, the aardvark came one night while telling his son a bedtime story. The first title in the series was "Arthur's Nose" written in 1976. Since then, Brown has written over thirty books in the Arthur Adventure series. D. W., Arthur's sister was another character created by Brown. In addition to writing, Brown also developed the Arthur television series on PBS.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

School Library Journal Review

PreS-Gr 2-- A wonderful new D. W. adventure. Arthur is to be the ring bearer in his Aunt Lucy's wedding and his sister D. W.'s aardvark nose is out of joint because she is thought to be too little to take part in the ceremony. She must watch as cousin Cora walks down the aisle scattering flower petals and Arthur carries the ring on a special pillow. Disaster strikes when the ring drops, rolls down the aisle, and falls into a heating grate on the floor. All attempts to recover it fail, until D. W. saves the day. The soft watercolors are full of detail. Like other books about the siblings, this one is a great deal of fun. There is slightly more text here than in the previous titles, but it reads aloud well and will be a hit in story hours. Youngsters will agree with the heroine as she states, `` `I may be little, but sometimes I can be a big help!' '' A worthy purchase for any picture-book collection. --Elaine Lesh Morgan, Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR(c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publisher's Weekly Review

Here comes the (would-be) flower girl, all dressed in pink. Alas, much to D. W.'s dismay, her older cousin Cora has been given the coveted role in Aunt Lucy's wedding. And to make matters worse, brother Arthur has the oh-so-important job of ring bearer. But the irrepressible D. W. doesn't give up easily: she hopes that Cora will get so nervous that she'll have to fill in as flower girl; and she looks to the future optimistically (``Next time you get married can I help?'' she begs her aunt). But fortune smiles upon the sibling on the sidelines, and D. W. gets to play a more critical part in the ceremony than even she had envisioned. Illustrated with Brown's typically animated, humorous drawings, D. W.'s latest escapade is as energetic and spunky as the young aardvark herself. All aspiring flower girls--a sizable audience--will certainly request return visits with this determined youngster. Ages 3-7. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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