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Dori Durbin grew up most of her life in a small town in Michigan. After earning a BA in English and a secondary teaching certification, Dori taught high and middle school English and Science classes for ten years. She obtained her Master of Arts degree in Social work with an emphasis on Community Services.
After an illness, she switched gears and began her career as an certified personal trainer and fitness instructor. She also began to pursue her passion of being and artist and author. She currently still lives in Michigan with her amazingly smart and talented family: husband, son, daughter, three pleasantly pampered indoor cats, and her old Great Dane.
Dori teaches youth art and participates occasionally in art shows. She has additionally taken courses with Make Art that Sells (Lila Rogers), Story Teller Academy (Arree Chung), art classes, participates in a few of the gallery and special event shows the Little Blue Mushroom (Kristen Balouch). She hopes to continue to learn about writing and illustration for children-- and owning many cats!
Reviewed by Mamta Madhavan for Readers' Favorite
Little Cat needed just one good friend, and the Dog and the Little Cat were the very best of friends. Little Cat noticed the fun the Dog and Mr. Fuzzby were having without her and she felt the Dog wanted more than one friend. It bothered Little Cat watching them playing together. Though Little Cat tried to get the Dog's attention, he was busy with Mr. Fuzzby. After playing, they had a nap together and Little Cat was feeling left out. She wondered why the Dog thought Mr. Fuzzby was his best friend, and she decided to find out when the Dog napped. Mr. Fuzzby had no blinkity blinks, glittery gears, buzzity buttons, and anything magical and Little Cat was astonished, wondering why a stuffed toy would be the Dog's best friend. Will she be able to figure that out and will Little Cat be able to become Mr. Fuzzby's friend?
Little Cat Feels Left Out by Dori Durbin is an adorably charming story about friendship, kindness, sharing, caring, empathy, and understanding others. The wonderful illustrations by the author make the book captivating and the characters real and relatable. Children will be able to connect with the characters of the Dog, Little Cat, and Mr. Fuzzby easily. The messages conveyed through the story are positive and uplifting and will encourage children to create and maintain their friendships nicely. It is a perfect storybook to use at home and in classrooms for read-aloud and storytelling sessions to teach children valuable lessons in an interesting way.
