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REVIEWING TODAY: THE ADVENTURES OF DIGBEE – THE MUD FLAT BULLIES BY SHERI-LYNN KENNY
The challenge in writing for the very young reader is at least threefold: to provide a storyline accessible and meaningful to the child; to “verbalize” the story in such a manner that the child is concentrating on movement rather than concepts; and to provide the basic images from which the child may fully indulge his/her imagination – in other words, to bring the images to life. Sheri-Lynn Kenny checks off these boxes in a most creative and unique manner in her children’s book: The Adventures of Digbee – The Mud Flat Bullies.
Digbee is a dinosaur. To be precise, Digbee is a Coelophysis (see-lo-fise-iss). He works in a museum doing … well, nothing. He just stands there, because he is good at it. His fellow dinosaurs do the same. Except on their day off. Then they like to play. Like any young fellow, Digbee wants to play with the big guys, but they shun him as just too small. Every child has encountered this scenario: box checked.
Kudos to Digbee, he shakes off his disappointment to find other animal friends with whom to play. In the meantime, the big dinosaurs get into a predicament in the mud flats. True to any youngster’s wishful fantasy, Digbee and crew become the saviors of his would-be bigger friends. Story told well: box checked.
But where Sheri-Lynn Kenny shines in The Adventures of Digbee is in the perfectly appropriate artwork that comprises her well-told story. As basic as any three-year old’s artful renderings, but subtly detailed in its comprehensive artistry, especially in the postures and expressions of its many characters, Ms. Kenny creates images to magically beguile and entice any attentive child. And that is what makes this little book a gem. Box checked.
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Joel R. Dennstedt – Reviewer
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