Dottie Field is an ordinary five‑year‑old girl who lives happily with her mum and dad in the little village of Swan Dopley on the Marsh.

But Dottie’s imagination is anything but ordinary, and when she drifts into a daydream – which happens rather a lot – it leaves the grown‑ups in her life quite flustered, from ballet teachers to swimming instructors, from coach drivers to famous actresses.

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And when those daydreams suddenly come true, and Dottie starts doing all the grown‑up jobs far better than the grown‑ups themselves, they become absolutely furious.

In many ways, life would be simpler if Dottie stayed as Dottie Field and never turned into Dottie Daydream at all.

My Review

Dottie’s imagination really gets her into trouble. Whenever she goes somewhere – ballet, a school trip, the theatre for instance – she thinks ‘I’d like to do that’ and immediately she becomes that person. She takes over and this makes the dancer, swimming instructor, actor, driver, nurse or whatever really cross, especially a famous actress when Dottie climbs up on stage and starts performing.

But when Dottie’s parents inform the ‘victim’ that Dottie has a very overactive imagination which makes her do these things, they understand. I’m not sure if I was the actress, and Dottie disrupted my performance, I would be quite so generous.

It’s a fun book that parents can read to their children at bedtime over a few nights, as it’s longer than average. And the illustrations are great (though Dottie does look a bit older than five).

Many thanks to @ZooloosBT  for inviting me to be part of #TheAdventuresofDottieDaydream blog tour.

About the Author

Chrissy Combes is married to David, a linguist, and they have two daughters, Liz and Jo. Throughout her life, Chrissy has combined her love of writing with her passion for theatre. She trained as a journalist on the Portsmouth Evening News and later retrained as a drama teacher.

Her varied teaching career has included two years at East Sutton Park Women’s Prison, where she staged productions, and ten years at Maidstone Adult Education Centre, where she led an ‘Acting for All’ class for amateur actors.

In 1989, Chrissy became Head of Theatre Studies at Maidstone Grammar School for Girls and directed annual productions there, several of which she wrote specifically for the students. Among these were The Millennium Mysteries, her version of The York Mystery Plays; a musical, Golden Dreams, co-written with musical director Alan Hitchcock and based on the lives of the Brontë sisters; and an adaptation of David Copperfield from Charles Dickens’ novel, which she directed in collaboration with the illustrator of this book, the award-winning writer Toby Davies (Horrible Histories, Paddington, Crackanory, That Mitchell and Webb Look, Last One Laughing).

In retirement, Chrissy has completed an MA in Greek Theatre, founded a drama workshop company with actor and singer Richard Kent, carried out theatre interviews for the Open University (Chrissy Combes PVCRS), and served as a judge on both the Theatre and Opera panels of the Olivier West End Awards.

She loves spending time with her granddaughters, Emmeline and Jessamy, who have given her every excuse to continue playing games and to indulge in the rich and wonderful world of the imagination. Chrissy created Dottie Daydream as bedtime stories for them some years ago, when the family were enjoying a holiday together in Stratford-upon-Avon.

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