The Starlight Barking: More about the Hundred and One Dalmatians
Worth buying if: You enjoy children’s fiction that gives animals an imaginative world of their own.
Skip it if: You want a straightforward repeat of the original dalmatian rescue plot.
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Summary
The Starlight Barking returns to Dodie Smith’s famous dalmatian world, expanding it beyond its original rescue story into a tale of dogs, humans, and a mysterious call from space.
Why this book now
Read it now for a playful change of scale: Smith follows a beloved canine cast from country roads toward the stars.
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Good fit if you want...
- You enjoy children’s fiction that gives animals an imaginative world of their own.
- You want a sequel that takes the Hundred and One Dalmatians somewhere distinctly more fantastical.
- You want a straightforward repeat of the original dalmatian rescue plot.
- You prefer realistic animal stories without cosmic or speculative elements.
- You are specifically hunting for the newest framing rather than a backlist perspective.
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Exact edition: Edition shown · ISBN-13 9780312156640
Worth buying if: You enjoy children’s fiction that gives animals an imaginative world of their own.
Skip it if: You want a straightforward repeat of the original dalmatian rescue plot.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
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Reading commitment
Light Short sit-downs
As a prose sequel to The Hundred and One Dalmatians, it calls for sustained reading rather than a brief picture-book visit.
What stands out here
This record is for the 1997 St. Martin’s Press edition of Dodie Smith’s sequel, The Starlight Barking.
Best way to approach it
Bring familiarity with The Hundred and One Dalmatians, then let the book’s shift from domestic adventure to cosmic fantasy set the pace.
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Exact edition: ISBN-13 9780312156640
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