For many years, I have been reading
I WAS A TEENAGE DWARF out loud to my class. Now it is another adolescent
parallel to ANNE.
From the very first chapter, in which
Dobie has to deal with the fact that middle school girls are all taller
than the guys, this book is great for the kids. The first person stories
come alive when done orally in the good old-fashioned medium called ACTING.
And it's fun for all of us.
Max Shulman's great book comes even
more alive, when we go to "The Dobie Gillis Pages" on the internet for
background information and graphics from the television series. Here's
a link to that terrific page:
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