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Dec 12, 2016 · Being a mouse, Doctor De Soto is an efficient dentist for larger animals, but he’s also a target for cats and other animals that eat mice. His sign says that he refuses to work on any “dangerous animals.”
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Doctor De Soto is a picture book for children written and illustrated by William Steig and first published in 1982. It features a mouse dentist who must help a fox with a toothache without being eaten.
- The Name de Soto
- Storyworld of Doctor de Soto
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I wondered if ‘De Soto’ had any significance. There is a famous Hernando De Soto in American history — a Spanish explorer born at the end of the 1400s. I can’t say for sure if Stieg intended readers to make any connection to this historical figure, but I do note that Hernando de Soto’s North American expedition ranged throughout the southeastern Un...
I don’t know about you, but 1982 doesn’t feel that long ago to me. That is, until I pick up a children’s book published in 1982 and realise that in 2016 good publishers are no longer putting out stories about professional men and their assistant wives. We might even say that picture books are even ahead of the culture in this regard; in our village...
Like all mice in children’s books, the De Sotos’ main shortcoming is their small size. They need to use their wits in order to survive against predators.
The De Sotos want to help others by mending teeth and keeping pain at bay. They are an altruistic pair.
The fox, whose natural inclination is to eat mice. Part of the humour of this story comes from the (adult) reader’s real-life experience of a dentist. Dentists are known to regularly request a wider mouth. Dr De Soto does the same, but here it’s because the fox really wants to eat the dentist, not because his mouth is simply getting a bit tired! We see the power of this mighty opponent foreshadowed in the details of the illustration, for example the fanged dentures sitting on the bench in the...
Dr Desoto. William Steig. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1982 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 30 pages. Dr. De Soto, a mouse dentist, copes with the toothaches of various animals except those with a...
Aug 13, 2021 · 30 unnumbered pages : 26 cm. Dr. De Soto, a mouse dentist, copes with the toothaches of various animals except those with a taste for mice, until the day a fox comes to him in great pain. "Doctor De Soto, the dentist, did very good work."
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A Newbery Honor Book from the creator of Shrek. “Doctor De Soto, the dentist, did very good work.”. With the aid of his able assistant, Mrs. De Soto, he copes with the toothaches of animals large and small.
