Ooyay: Time for Change
by Stanley Rumm
by Stanley Rumm
OOYAY by Stanley Rumm
Category: Fantasy
Age Recommendation: Grades 9+
Release Date: 3/14/07
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
Reviewed by: Marta Morrison
Rating: 5 Stars
At first, I really didn't want to read this book, since I don't do animal books or movies. I think watching OLD YELLER
as a child did that to me. Most of those books end with the dog (or whatever animal) dying while giving the people
around them love and life lessons.
So... when I saw this book on the review list I was amazed to find myself wanting to read it. Now I am so glad that I
did!
The story starts with Professor Crastinator, who is a great inventor. Lucy Lucey goes to see the new invention that he is
showing. She is a reporter for her school paper. There she meets Ooyay, a small blue dog that talks. She comes to
find that Ooyay can not only speak but is also the genius behind the inventions of the Professor. She quickly becomes
friends with the dog, and when Ooyay goes missing she helps the Professor to find him.
This story has a lot of humor in it. There is a blind, tartan-wearing cowboy who became a millionaire by selling his
toenails on the Internet. There is a village where, at the age of two, the children are put in the middle of a circle and the
first words they say are to become their names.
The ways of the world in this book are very interesting and fun. They travel by a hamsterball and by a bullet. But
mainly this book is a lot of allegories about living. Change is a major theme. Change happens to all of the characters
and sometimes it is scary, but all the time it is necessary. Also, questions can lead to answers that you don't want to
have answered. The best lesson is to see the small pleasures in life and to enjoy what you have, because you may never
know when you will lose them.
I have my own Ooyay, my little dog, Molly. She has been there since my life changed dramatically nine years ago. If I
lost her I would make a giant effort to find her, just like Professor Crastinator.
READ THIS BOOK!! It is a classic which no one should miss!
Category: Fantasy
Age Recommendation: Grades 9+
Release Date: 3/14/07
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
Reviewed by: Marta Morrison
Rating: 5 Stars
At first, I really didn't want to read this book, since I don't do animal books or movies. I think watching OLD YELLER
as a child did that to me. Most of those books end with the dog (or whatever animal) dying while giving the people
around them love and life lessons.
So... when I saw this book on the review list I was amazed to find myself wanting to read it. Now I am so glad that I
did!
The story starts with Professor Crastinator, who is a great inventor. Lucy Lucey goes to see the new invention that he is
showing. She is a reporter for her school paper. There she meets Ooyay, a small blue dog that talks. She comes to
find that Ooyay can not only speak but is also the genius behind the inventions of the Professor. She quickly becomes
friends with the dog, and when Ooyay goes missing she helps the Professor to find him.
This story has a lot of humor in it. There is a blind, tartan-wearing cowboy who became a millionaire by selling his
toenails on the Internet. There is a village where, at the age of two, the children are put in the middle of a circle and the
first words they say are to become their names.
The ways of the world in this book are very interesting and fun. They travel by a hamsterball and by a bullet. But
mainly this book is a lot of allegories about living. Change is a major theme. Change happens to all of the characters
and sometimes it is scary, but all the time it is necessary. Also, questions can lead to answers that you don't want to
have answered. The best lesson is to see the small pleasures in life and to enjoy what you have, because you may never
know when you will lose them.
I have my own Ooyay, my little dog, Molly. She has been there since my life changed dramatically nine years ago. If I
lost her I would make a giant effort to find her, just like Professor Crastinator.
READ THIS BOOK!! It is a classic which no one should miss!
