The real true friend

Resource Information

The work The real true friend represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Ladoga Clark Township Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The real true friend

Statement of responsibility

Abby Hanlon

Creator

• Hanlon, Abby

Author

• Hanlon, Abby

Illustrator

• Hanlon, Abby

Subject

• Children's stories
• Children's stories
• Families
• Families -- Juvenile fiction
• Fiction
• Friendship
• Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
• Imaginary companions
• Imaginary companions -- Juvenile fiction
• Imagination
• Imagination -- Fiction
• Imagination -- Juvenile fiction
• Juvenile works
• Schools
• Schools -- Juvenile fiction
• Brothers and sisters
• Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction

Genre

• Juvenile works
• Juvenile fiction
• Fiction

Language

eng

Summary

• Dory Fantasmagory is heading to school. Her older siblings, Luke and Violet, warn her to leave her imaginary friend, Mary, at home or better yet, leave her whole imagination at home! Dory is determined to behave like a regular old girl who never gets in trouble, but on her very first day she meets a new friend, a girl whose imagination and style are just about as wild as her own. Now she just has to convince her siblings that she's not making it all up!
• Fans of Junie B. Jones and Ivy and Bean will love this new story about the spunky little rascal with big ideas. The star of"Dory Fantasmagory"is heading to school. Her older siblings, Luke and Violet, warn her to leave her imaginary friend, Mary, at home or better yet, leave her whole imagination at home! Dory is determined to behave like a regular old girl who never gets in trouble, but on her very first day she meets a new friend, a girl whose imagination and style are just about as wild as her own. Now she just has to convince her siblings that she s not making it all up! Filled with plenty of funny pictures, this bookbursts with charm and impudence, making this a must-read for the chapter book set. "Dory is as likable a kid heroine as I ve encountered in a decade." "The Boston Globe " * "Once again, Hanlon s hilarious narration and cartooning reveal an uncanny talent for getting into the mile-a-minute mind of a one-of-a-kind girl." "Publishers Weekly, "starred review "

Member of

• Dory Fantasmagory, 2

Cataloging source

AU@

Dewey number

813.6

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• Ages 6-8
• 610L
• Decoding demand: 79 (high)
• Semantic demand: 91 (very high)
• Syntactic demand: 75 (high)
• Structure demand: 86 (very high)

Intended audience source

• Lexile
• Lexile

Interest level

LG

LC call number

PZ7.H196359

LC item number

Dm 2016

Literary form

fiction

Reading level

3.2

Series statement

Dory Fantasmagory

Series volume

2

Study program name

Accelerated Reader AR

Target audience

primary