Dora's Box

by Ann-Jeanet Campbell

Book Overview

What would it be like to live in a perfect world? A world without pain or sorrow? Dora, the child of a goodhearted man and woman, knows such a world. She is protected by the wishes her parents made... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679876421
• ISBN13: 9780679876427
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.9" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A Wonderful Book

A girl named Pandora, nicknamed Dora has two parents who don't ever want fear, pain, or bad things to happen to her. They don't realize that fear and pain is an ordinary part of life. Her parents hide a box that has bad things in it such as a dead bird or a tear. One day she secretly opens the box and everything horrible rushes out. Her parents soon learn the lesson and they expose her to many new things.

A beautiful tale with real life implications

Dora's Box is a beautiful book. The message is even better than the brilliant writing and gorgeous illustrations. The lesson that life is more beautiful when the pain and saddness of real life are experienced is an important one, not just for young readers, but for us parents, too. It's a reminder, that we cannot and should not protect our kids from REAL life. Thanks for the eloquent reminder!

Wonderful story and pictures

I thought this was a wonderful book and so did my 4 yr old daughter. She picked it out first. I was afraid that it might be a little advanced for her but she loved it. I thought the artwork was beautiful. Em and I would highly recommend this for your library.

Dora's Box

This story is about a girl named Dora, and the nice looking witch who granted her parents a wish. The parents were given a box and they put into it everything they did not want Dora to be afraid of. A humorous folklore fantasy adventure containing excellent color illustrations. Will be an excellent book for K through the 6th grade.

a wonderful book about the acceptance of pain

I and my 4 and 7 year old children loved this book. I am psychologist and am interested in tales that show how life is the richer when pain is accepted rather than avoided. I loved the message and the illustrations are warm and beautiful.