Monday, October 12, 2009

Dr. De Soto by William Steig

1983 Newbery Honor
Dr. De Soto, a mouse dentist, copes with the toothaches of various animals except those with a taste for mice, until the day a fox comes to him in great pain.

Comments below by Emily U., Hannah S., and Emily S., 5th grade; and Mercedes B., 3rd grade

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

A mouse works at the dental office and he gets a customer that is a fox. He decides to do work on his mouth. Lastly, the fox decides to eat them but before he could do that Dr. DeSoto glues his mouth shut.

It was funny and very good. I liked it alot.

by Emily U., 5th grade

Anonymous said...

Dr. DeSoto runs a dentist office and customers never stop coming in. Once a fox had a toothache and Dr. Desot had to pull his tooth out but the doctor knew he was going to eat him. So after he replaced the tooth, he got something that would make the fox's teeth stick together for a few days. In the end, the plan worked and the fox ended up not eating him.

Great, wonderful, and funny.

4 stars

by Emily S., 5th grade

Anonymous said...

Dr. De Soto was a mouse dentist with his wife. They let every other animal in except for cats but one day he lets a cat come in and he is nice. The next day he comes in for a checkup and he tried to eat them but the mice tricked him by gluing his mouth shut.

I thought it was good because I didn't think he was going to try to eat the mice.

3 stars

by Hannah S., 5th grade

Anonymous said...

It is a trick book. Very good. Dr. DeSoto is very clever. The fox gets out smarted. Dr. DeSoto paints glue on the fox.

It is a very good, clever, and trick book.

3 stars

by Mercedes B., 3rd grade