Official Review: The Missing Doll by K N Yelbew
Posted: 01 Jun 2021, 20:14
[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "The Missing Doll" by K N Yelbew.]
The Missing Doll was written by K. N. Yelbew but narrated by Ramona, a loving 5-year-old. Ramona used the 17 pages to tell readers the story of when she lost her favorite doll, Little Mona. Though Little Mona typically accompanied her human everywhere, Ramona suddenly noticed that she was nowhere to be found! No one in the family had seen the doll, and there was no sign of her anywhere that Ramona and her mom looked. To find out who was behind the case of the missing doll and where they put Little Mona, you’ll just have to read the story.
One of the first things I noticed while reading was how personably Ramona spoke. It was as though an actual 5-year-old (with a good vocabulary and great narrative skill) was speaking to me and sharing her thoughts. Her use of interjections and simple sentences is likely to make young readers feel personally connected to her. Along the same lines, the author was not shy about using exclamation points. I think the expressive punctuation marks will guide readers to add more emotion to their reading, especially when reading it aloud.
Ramona’s tale was bolstered by Kalpart’s illustrations. Though I’m sure the art was done digitally, it reminded me of watercolor paintings, possibly with some ink in the midst. Each face was drawn with wonderful details; the shadows, highlights, and face lines made the characters’ expressions easy to recognize. In fact, I could imagine a speech-language pathologist or psychologist using some of the images as they work on identifying social cues and emotions with patients.
I would love to say that I enjoyed everything about the book, but there were issues with the editing. There were a couple of instances of comma confusion, a blunder with parallelism, and a missing attribution for a character’s line.
In general, I loved The Missing Doll, and I plan to gift the book to a friend to read with her kids. However, the grammatical errors were too significant to ignore, so I have rated the publication 3 out of 4 stars. I hope another edition of this book is published with the noted errors fixed.
Whether they receive a copy corrected by the printer or by a loved one (as my friend’s copy will be), I believe children will thoroughly enjoy this tale. I also anticipate they will love any further Ramona narratives from Yelbew, who wants to build a series around the character. I simply caution that there is a focus on prayer in resolving Ramona’s issue, so parents who want to avoid religious influence may not want to share this book with their offspring. It also may not be appropriate to use in school settings where religious discourse is disallowed.
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The Missing Doll
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The Missing Doll was written by K. N. Yelbew but narrated by Ramona, a loving 5-year-old. Ramona used the 17 pages to tell readers the story of when she lost her favorite doll, Little Mona. Though Little Mona typically accompanied her human everywhere, Ramona suddenly noticed that she was nowhere to be found! No one in the family had seen the doll, and there was no sign of her anywhere that Ramona and her mom looked. To find out who was behind the case of the missing doll and where they put Little Mona, you’ll just have to read the story.
One of the first things I noticed while reading was how personably Ramona spoke. It was as though an actual 5-year-old (with a good vocabulary and great narrative skill) was speaking to me and sharing her thoughts. Her use of interjections and simple sentences is likely to make young readers feel personally connected to her. Along the same lines, the author was not shy about using exclamation points. I think the expressive punctuation marks will guide readers to add more emotion to their reading, especially when reading it aloud.
Ramona’s tale was bolstered by Kalpart’s illustrations. Though I’m sure the art was done digitally, it reminded me of watercolor paintings, possibly with some ink in the midst. Each face was drawn with wonderful details; the shadows, highlights, and face lines made the characters’ expressions easy to recognize. In fact, I could imagine a speech-language pathologist or psychologist using some of the images as they work on identifying social cues and emotions with patients.
I would love to say that I enjoyed everything about the book, but there were issues with the editing. There were a couple of instances of comma confusion, a blunder with parallelism, and a missing attribution for a character’s line.
In general, I loved The Missing Doll, and I plan to gift the book to a friend to read with her kids. However, the grammatical errors were too significant to ignore, so I have rated the publication 3 out of 4 stars. I hope another edition of this book is published with the noted errors fixed.
Whether they receive a copy corrected by the printer or by a loved one (as my friend’s copy will be), I believe children will thoroughly enjoy this tale. I also anticipate they will love any further Ramona narratives from Yelbew, who wants to build a series around the character. I simply caution that there is a focus on prayer in resolving Ramona’s issue, so parents who want to avoid religious influence may not want to share this book with their offspring. It also may not be appropriate to use in school settings where religious discourse is disallowed.
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The Missing Doll
View: on Bookshelves
