Rosen uses lively language and well-chosen details to move the story of the baby birds forward. Renata witnesses the birth of four chicks as their rosy eggs split open “like coats that are suddenly too small.” Renata finds at a crucial moment that she can help the chicks learn to fly, even with the bittersweet knowledge that it will only hasten their exits from her life. Rather than seeing it as an unfortunate delay of their project, Renata and Papi decide to let the avian carpenters continue their work.
One warm night, after Papi leaves the window space open, two wrens begin making a nest in the bathroom. Renata and her father enjoy working on upgrading their bathroom, installing a clawfoot bathtub, and cutting a space for a new window. 3-7)Ī home-renovation project is interrupted by a family of wrens, allowing a young girl an up-close glimpse of nature. Surely she has more cases to solve? (Picture book. A male primary school teacher and a female canine title character are welcome representations countering stereotypes, especially dog protagonists who default to male.ĭetective Dog Nell is quite a satisfactory sleuth. Some of the townspeople have brown skin, as do two students in Peter’s class the other characters, including Peter, Ted, and Mr. Bold watercolor-and-pencil illustrations give all the characters distinct personalities and plant funny details to spot in the busy double-page spreads.
Donaldson’s pitch-perfect text effectively uses humorous twists and rich vocabulary as well as a fine sense of melodramatic pacing. Then ever resourceful Nell leads the group to the library, where Ted gets his own library card so he can read books as much as he likes.
Jones, on a search to find the books, which have been stolen by a (nonscary) giant named Ted. Nell leads the class of children and their teacher, Mr. One Monday, the books are all missing from the shelves, and the students and teacher are despondent. Detective Dog Nell accompanies Peter to school each Monday, where she listens to children read stories from their well-stocked library shelves. Rollicking, rhyming text describes Nell’s successes at solving little puzzles and finding missing items for her owner, a 6-year-old boy named Peter. A talented dog named Nell uses her acute sense of smell to solve mysteries in her neighborhood, including the complete disappearance of a classroom library.
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