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Woffles – A Fishy Adventure Reviewed By Conny Crisalli of Bookpleasures.com
- By Conny Withay
- Published August 27, 2012
- Childrens & Young Adults
Conny Withay
Reviewer Conny Withay:Operating her own business in office management since 1991, Conny is an avid reader and volunteers with the elderly playing her designed The Write Word Game. A cum laude graduate with a degree in art living in the Pacific Northwest, she is married with two sons, two daughters-in-law, and three grandchildren.
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Illustrators: James Curtis and Nick Curtis
Publisher: CowPat Publishing
ISBN: 978-0-9571058-0-5
Dogs are man’s best friends, and teenage boys have special relationships with them, especially if they have one as their own pet. In Woffles – A Fishy Adventure teenagers James Curtis and Nick Curtis tell a story about their own black Labrador dog named Woffles in southern England.
This oversized, unnumbered but around fifty page paperback depicts a drawing of a gray large dog with his bright red tongue hanging out on the front cover. Written and published in the United Kingdom, it has different English spelling of a few words than what Americans are accustomed. Several different fonts, colors of wording and sizes are used that take a little away from the story line and may be distracting to new readers. The drawings are simplistic but easily understandable. The book is targeted to young children from preschool age and up but can be enjoyed by adults too.
The book begins with a two-page drawing of a dog with a very long red tongue which has a blank box to write in the book owner’s name. Some pages continue this theme of reader involvement and interaction by asking questions such as “what is your favourite place?” or “how long can you hold your breath?” or “do you have a pet and if so, what is the name?”
Woffles is a large dog who lives in the countryside and has a best friend dog named Pip, who is considerably smaller in stature. Woffles mentions cool sheep, rocking trees and glorious mud while sometimes using very large, long words. After playing a round of doggy pool with Pip, Woffles and his friend take a ride in the green farm car to his favourite place, the fishy farm. At the fishy farm, they take a swim in the cool water and watch Chris Cod dump colorful fish into the lake using the long, curly water slide that is connected to his truck. The two pet friends see a nearby picnic basket and take a couple of their favourite sandwiches before heading back home.
The story is simple and the drawings are a mix of crayons and pencil work, obviously done by two different artists. There is a sheep and a bee drawn into some of the pictures that may be of interest for some to locate. A child can enjoy answering the many questions in this short, quick read that two young, creative and entrepreneurial relatives designed and wrote.
