The 101 Dalmatians

audio cassette

English language

Published Jan. 22, 2002 by Listening Library.

ISBN:
978-0-8072-0672-0
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OCLC Number:
48961453

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4 stars (2 reviews)

The Hundred and One Dalmatians, or the Great Dog Robbery is a 1956 children's novel by Dodie Smith about the robbery of the titular family of 101 Dalmatian dogs. A sequel entitled The Starlight Barking continues from the end of the first novel.

At a dinner party attended by the Dearly couple, Cruella de Vil expresses her dislike for animals; subsequently, the couple's new Dalmatian puppies disappear. The Dearly dogs are now among 97 puppies who were kidnapped or legally purchased from various owners, with the intention of skinning them for their fur. Through the co-operation of animals and the "Twilight Bark", the dogs are found in Suffolk, England, and a rescue ensues.

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4 stars

I enjoyed this book a lot, even though you can tell by the first few pages that it was written for children. It made me smile a lot -- sometimes because its descriptions were very adorable, and sometimes because the jokes in it were too funny not to smile at. With this book, you'll be seeing the world through the eyes of dogs; and you will find out about what they think of us humans.

It's also very much impossible to ignore the blatant sexism in this book, which was definitely made less obvious by the Disney movies.

But it's pretty much everything I expected -- a more detailed and thought-through version of the Disney film. I just didn't expect it to be so adorable.

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Subjects

  • Dogs
  • Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
  • Classics
  • Audio: Juvenile
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Audio - Children's Classics
  • Children's Audio - 9-12
  • Fiction
  • Dalmatian dog
  • Animals - Dogs
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  • Children's audiobooks