Wondrous Rex by Emilia Dziubak, Patricia MacLachlan
Published by Katherine Tegen Books on March 17, 2020
ISBN: 0062940988
Pages: 88
Genres: Realistic Fiction
Format: Chapter Book Fiction
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Grace spends a lot of time with her Aunt Lily as her parents are both doctors and busy much of the time. Grace’s Aunt Lily is a writer and has taught her the words a writer experiences as she writes her stories. Grace loves her aunt’s writing world, the words, the stories, the writing group her aunt is part of – she loves EVERYTHING about writing but doesn’t consider herself a writer even though her teacher sees the writer in her.

When Aunt Lily faces writers block, she puts an ad in the paper- “Writer of books needs an assistant, a coach, a helper, for inspiration and some magic!”

The  next day Rex, the dog, appears at the door ready to take on the job. He is  a magician’s  assistant who is bored and sad, in need of a new  assignment. He has come to stay. He has come to help both Lily and grace. He has brought some magic!

Maclachlan has, in this slim, simple volume, created a story with words of wisdom and a bit of magic. The reader will come away with a smile and the message that words are important and magical and are there for anyone to use and enjoy.

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Submitted by Kathy George, Gray Public library, Gray, Maine

Grades 3-6