Doctor De Soto: (Newbery Honor Book; National Book Award Finalist)

We brought him a few books but this is the one he wanted to have read to him over and over! Great imaginative story and nice illustrations.

My kids and I have always loved this book! In fact, we have purchased it as a gift for others, including for my dentist!! He loved it.

This is a fun read!

Cute story line, funny ending, great illustrations. My sons are 4 and 5 and they loved it! Highly recommend.

I purchased this book, Doctor De Soto, on the recommendation of a reading teacher, who informed me that William Steig's books are great reading books for advanced 2nd graders. Steig's story lines are substantial, and while the language and word usage are a little "mature", it is age appropriate.The general maxim, in 1st and 2nd grades, a child is learning to read; while starting in 3rd grade, "a child reads to learn." I am trying to get my child ready for 3rd grade reading and comprehension. I wanted my child to have a book with a story line that was a little more complex, not so formulaic or predictable. In addition, I wanted a reading book where there were many more multi-syllable words and advance vocabulary. Due to being out of school (COVID-19), she did not get a lot of advance phonics, and this book served as good practice, while telling an interest and unique story.

This is the story of Doctor De Soto, a mouse who is a dentist to other animals. All other animals except "dangerous" animals, that is -- dangerous to mice. Dr De Soto and his assistant, Mrs. De Soto, will not (Repeat: Not!) treat cats, no matter what dental pain a cat may be in.But then one day a fox (Dangerous Animal!) stands out on the street beneath the dentist's office and wails in pain from a sore tooth. Even though they know they shouldn't do so, the De Soto's allow the fox into their office and Dr. De Soto extracts the sore tooth. The fox immediately thinks of eating the two mice. But Dr. De Soto has built a new gold tooth for the fox, and the tooth can't be installed until the next day, so the fox puts off eating the mice until tomorrow.Dr. De Soto and his wife are up all night, knowing that when the dentist inserts the gold tooth, the fox will eat them. But then Dr. De Soto gets a brilliant idea. The next day, before he installs the fox's tooth, he asks the fox if he would like to be the very first recipient of a new preparation which will prevent cavities or any kind of tooth pain ever again. The fox readily agrees and Dr. De Soto applies the formula to each tooth. Then he tells the fox to close his jaws tight and keep them closed for a full minute. The result is delicious -- for the reader and the De Soto's, but not for the fox.

This was an interesting book. My kids enjoyed it while they were learning to read. It wasn’t a favorite but still a solid part of our children's book collection.

I've loved this book for well over 25 years... one of my all-time favorites!! Our children grew up loving it, too! It's so well written... the characters are all so charming, and the vocabulary used is just delightful. I was so glad to find that Amazon is carrying it so that my grandchildren and lots of other families can have this book in their homes, too... thank you, thank you, and thank you!!!

Great fun

Such a great story with very cute illustrations. Despite being for kids older than 2 my 2 year old daughter loves this book and manages to follow the story.

A book that we read to our children and now read to our granddaughter

Such a great story! I love it & my children do too.

Brilliant and very funny - I bought it for my dentist