Daffy Dave's Stories of the Strange and Silly

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Veronica Schwartz, Des Plaines Public Library, IL -- School Library Journal, 10/12/2007

Daffy Dave’s Stories of the Strange and Silly. CD. 46:37 min. Prod. by Daffy Daffy Dave. Dist. by CDBaby.com. 2007. $17.

K-Gr 3–Children’s entertainer Daffy Dave’s storytelling talent shines in these three stories. In “T-Rex Luther: The Greediest Dinosaur in the World,” Luther leaves his lonely, “private, puny, isolated island” to go to the land of Hysterica. He steals all the toys of the world and takes them back to his island, only to find that he is still lonely. With the help of a farm girl, Luther learns that loneliness can be overcome with the help of friends. In “Abra’s Education,” Abra goes to school, but finds no one else there, so he returns home to his tree house where he spends the day studying birds. When he goes inside for dinner, he discovers that this day during which he learned so much was actually Saturday. In “The Boy Who Almost Started a War,” listeners are treated to the other story from the first Thanksgiving. James, a young pilgrim boy, shoots an arrow after Thanksgiving dinner while everyone is napping and hits the big pilgrim, Mr. Tubman, in the rear end. Tubman blames Running Deer, the owner of the bow and arrow, and war is avoided only when the truth is discovered. Daffy Dave’s storytelling holds the attention of listeners, and occasional sound effects and softly playing background music enhance the telling. A solid addition to library collections.