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A review by calistareads
Donald Has a Difficulty by Peter F. Neumeyer, Edward Gorey
4.0
I was finally able to track down a copy of this in the Openlibrary. I didn't think I could get it, so I deleted it from my Goodreads TBR. Edward Gorey is the illustrator and I wanted to be a Gorey completist.
The illustrations do not disappoint. The story is simple and sort of misses that quirky nature if Gorey wrote it, but it's still quirky. A boy is playing in the woods with trees and gets a splinter. She goes to his mother and most of the book is about removing the splinter. I don't know if children would enjoy it, I doubt they would, but I thought it amusing.
I found one more book I need, so I need to track it down. 'Donald has a..."
The best part of this book is the last page where Peter shares his correspondences with Edward or 'Ted'. He would have been a fun pen pale.
The illustrations do not disappoint. The story is simple and sort of misses that quirky nature if Gorey wrote it, but it's still quirky. A boy is playing in the woods with trees and gets a splinter. She goes to his mother and most of the book is about removing the splinter. I don't know if children would enjoy it, I doubt they would, but I thought it amusing.
I found one more book I need, so I need to track it down. 'Donald has a..."
The best part of this book is the last page where Peter shares his correspondences with Edward or 'Ted'. He would have been a fun pen pale.