Daisy 1, 2, 3

by Peter Catalanotto, Peter Catalanotto (Illustrator)

Overview

The twenty Dalmatians in Mrs. Tuttle's obedience class each know who they are — and so does clever Mrs. Tuttle.
Her assistant, Doris, doesn't have a clue.
Do you?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780689854576
Publisher:	Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books
Publication date:	11/01/2003
Series:	Richard Jackson Books (Atheneum Hardcover)
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.25(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	4 - 6 Years

About the Author

Peter Catalanotto has written seventeen books for children, including Monkey & Robot, More of Monkey & Robot, The Newbies, Question Boy Meets Little Miss Know-It-All, Ivan the Terrier, Matthew A.B.C., and Emily’s Art, of which School Library Journal said in a starred review, “whether viewed from afar or up close, this creative and heartfelt book is a masterpiece.” In 2008, First Lady Laura Bush commissioned Peter to illustrate the White House holiday brochure. He currently teaches the first children’s book writing course offered by both Columbia University and Pratt Institute. Peter has illustrated more than thirty books for other writers including George Ella Lyon, Cynthia Rylant, Mary Pope Osborne, Joanne Ryder, Robert Burleigh, and Megan McDonald.

Peter Catalanotto has written seventeen books for children, including Monkey & Robot, More of Monkey & Robot, The Newbies, Question Boy Meets Little Miss Know-It-All, Ivan the Terrier, Matthew A.B.C., and Emily’s Art, of which School Library Journal said in a starred review, “whether viewed from afar or up close, this creative and heartfelt book is a masterpiece.” In 2008, First Lady Laura Bush commissioned Peter to illustrate the White House holiday brochure. He currently teaches the first children’s book writing course offered by both Columbia University and Pratt Institute. Peter has illustrated more than thirty books for other writers including George Ella Lyon, Cynthia Rylant, Mary Pope Osborne, Joanne Ryder, Robert Burleigh, and Megan McDonald.

Editorial Reviews

Children who, like the Count on Sesame Street, "looooove to count" will be delighted with this companion to Matthew ABC (2002). The 20 Dalmatians in Mrs. Tuttle's obedience school are all named "Daisy," but she has no trouble telling them apart. As she explains to a befuddled assistant, "Daisy 1 has one peculiar spot, Daisy 2 wears two name tags, Daisy 3 plays three instruments," and so on, getting sillier as it goes, up to Daisy 20, who "fools twenty fleas" into infesting a hand puppet. Each Daisy radiates bright-eyed, cheery energy in Catalanotto's cartoonish scenes, and even younger children will have no trouble picking out, and toting up, each dog's distinguishing feature or activity. The Daisys gather for a group portrait at the end, and Mrs. Tuttle makes a lame but giggle-inducing joke about how they all have their "spots." A sure cure for numeral narcosis. (Picture book. 4-6)

Kirkus Reviews