I recommend Doodlebug for mother-daughter book clubs with girls aged nine to 12. It’s almost like journaling.ĭoodlebug ends up being her own best advocate and learns a lot about addressing problems instead of ignoring them and hoping they will go away. They’re sophisticated enough so you know the author is also a talented illustrator, but they’re also simple enough for readers to feel that maybe their own doodles could create something important. Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified. The illustrations, made to look like doodles, are a perfect companion to the story, which is indeed told through the doodles. Their parents are also adjusting to new jobs, and maybe not paying as much attention to their children as they need to while they do. 'We can only hope that this amusing and touching title will soon have a sequel so that we can once again share in Dodo Doodlebugs world. Doreen and her sister Maureen (or Momo), both have to figure out how to adjust to their new environment, and they have different styles of coping.

Can she convince them that doodling helps her learn?ĭoodlebug, a Novel in Doodles by Karen Romano Young explores how some children have different learning styles and ways of coping to help them through emotionally trying times. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. It helps her make friends, but some of her teachers are not amused. Karen Romano Young is the author of over a dozen books for children, both fiction and nonfiction, including The Beetle and Me: A Love Story, which has won several state awards, received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly, and earned her a 'Flying Start' in Publishers Weekly. Find Doodlebug by Young, Karen Romano at Biblio.

She likes it so much, and she’s so good at it, that she keeps on doodling through her classes at her new school. Dodo (short for Doreen) renames herself Doodlebug when she starts drawing to pass the time during the family’s move from Los Angeles to San Francisco.

Doodlebug by Karen Romano Young