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Donald encounters a difficulty when a splinter enters the calf of his leg.Tags
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A simple, funny little book about a boy and his encounter with a tree, and the resulting treatment of the splinter he acquired. Lovely illustrations. I had never run across the Donald books before--a surprise treat!
Once again, a cute, but not cutesy, tale of Donald, his mishaps in the woods, and his wonderful mother. This book features Donald's hilariously-weird looking dog! It also has a really sweet story at the end about Neumeyer's collaborations with Gorey and how Gorey wanted to do a whole series of Donald books that, sadly, never happened.
[b:Floating Worlds: The Letters of Edward Gorey & Peter F. Neumeyer|11461883|Floating Worlds The Letters of Edward Gorey & Peter F. Neumeyer|Edward Gorey|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1327891958s/11461883.jpg|16396043] goes into so much detail about all of the conversations behind the creation of the Donald books that I just had to pick up my own copies of [b:Donald And The... / Donald Has A Difficulty|13607318|Donald And The... / Donald Has A Difficulty|Peter F. Neumeyer & Edward Gorey|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1334768637s/13607318.jpg|19203167], and they are both such treasures. Any excuse to pore over Edward Gorey's marvelous illustrations, and the quirky stories by Neumeyer are just an added bonus.
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- Canonical title
- Donald Has a Difficulty
- Original publication date
- 1970
- People/Characters
- Donald; Donald's Mother
- Dedication
- Dedicated to the haunting memory of Edward Gorey.--P.F.N.
- First words
- Another time Donald had a splinter.
- Quotations
- He opened the box that he might keep the splinter safely.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Donald laughed about that. He was feeling better, and able now to take nourishment.
Classifications
- Genres
- Children's Books, Picture Books, Graphic Novels & Comics
- DDC/MDS
- 741.5973 — Arts & recreation Drawing & decorative arts Drawing Comic books, graphic novels, fotonovelas, cartoons, caricatures, comic strips History, geographic treatment, biography North American United States (General)
- LCC
- PZ7 .N445 .D — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- 215
- Popularity
- 151,788
- Reviews
- 4
- Rating
- (4.14)
- Languages
- English, French
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 3
- ASINs
- 1
