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Illustrated by Dušan Petričić. Toronto, ON: Key Porter Kids, 2004. 32 pp., cloth, $21.95. ISBN 1-55263-609-7. Grades 1-5 / Ages 6-10. |
Alliteration playfully punctuates Margaret Atwood's peppy picture book, Bashful Bob and Doleful Dorinda.
Bashful Bob is "abandoned in a basket" and thinks he is a dog. Doleful Dorinda's parents "disappear in a dreadful disaster" leaving her "dumped on distant relatives."
