Doctor De Soto (A Sunburst Book)
Readers rate it 3.9 (14 on Hardcover)
30 pages · Released Jun 30, 1990 · Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
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Doctor De Soto is a classic Newbery Honor picture book about a principled mouse dentist who faces an ethical dilemma when a fox—a natural predator—needs his help. The story celebrates kindness, ingenuity, and moral courage without graphic content. It's an excellent introduction to dentistry and features beautifully illustrated problem-solving.
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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. 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.
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- Children's fiction
- Physicians, fiction
- Mice, fiction
- Animals, fiction
- Animales
- Animals
- Dentistas
- Dentists
- Ficción juvenil
- Fiction
- Juvenile fiction
- Mice
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ISBN 9780374418106 · Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)