Ottoline Goes to School

I am not the target audience.
And the thing about Munro really bothers me. So, Cecily & everyone thinks he's a dog, and Ottoline doesn't bother to correct them (she did try just once, when first meeting Cecily, but gave up). She lets Munro live in the stables with the other pets. Ok, so, I'm reading along, waiting to see Ottoline come to her senses and get everyone to acknowledge Munro's 'person'-hood and apologize to him. But no, we get to the end, nothing. I glance at the copyright page (at the end) and see that there he is clearly defined as a 'very helpful dog' in the summary! I hope that's an erroneous publisher-provided (or loc provided?) note. But... I do not care enough to read further to find out. Well, maybe I'll pop over to show more the author's website for a quick look, but that's all.
Anyway, some adults will adore these books. A few children might, too. And I almost feel like I should, but, as I believe I said about the first, they're just too NYRB for me, too fanciful. show less

Second in the series featuring our fun heroine, who goes to a rather different school. There are some weird goings on and Ottoline investigates with Mr Monroe, her guardian (a Norwegian swamp man, whom everyone else thinks is a dog). A great story for 7 year olds, together with fantastic retro-feel illustrations, b/w pen drawings, this time hightlighted with blue (vol 1 was red). More please!

When Ottoline meets and befriends the wealthy Cecily Forbes-Lawrence III, she decides that she should go away to boarding school just like Cecily does, so she and her cohort Mr. Munroe set off for the Alice B. Smith School for the Differently Gifted. Is it possible the school is actually haunted?

This is a quirky tale with lots of quirky illustrations and kids who are into the quirky will delight in it. Me? It's not really my thing.

This is the best book I've ever read.

Trata de una niña muy peculiar y su amigo, el Sr Munroe,van a un cole raritos.