librarybonanza 's review for:

Norman, Speak! by Caroline Adderson
3.0

Age: Kindergarten-2nd grade
Multicultural: Learning Chinese

There were some very endearing parts of this book including Norman the mutt dog's hula dance of happiness, where he shakes his stump tail and his butt moves along with it. And I loved that the dog spoke Chinese so he didn't understand English commands. But there were some really awkward moments including a defeatist dad that throws a paper airplane in a class full of kids to make them laugh for some reason. There's also a lot of harping on "not being smart" because you can't speak a language.