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Dori Marx

Goodreads Author

Born

in Hungary

Website

https://www.wonderworldkids.com

Genre

Children's, Mystery, Travel

Influences

Mary Pope Osborne, Ron Roy, Kate Messner

Member Since

May 2018

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Dori Marx grew up in Austria and traveled the world several times before choosing New England as her home. There, she lives with her husband and three children, along with an ever-growing number of rescue dogs, goats, chickens, and pet ducks. Although she isn’t a veterinarian, she has a soft spot for all living beings and has even learned to coexist with the spiders in her barn.
Dori's books are illustrated by artists living in the countries that the Wonder World Kids visit. These local illustrators lend their unique style to the artwork for each book.
Wonder World Kids is her first chapter book series for emerging young readers. So far she has taken her young readers to the capital of Austria, the mountains of Peru, Central Park in New York ...more

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Average rating: 4.61 · 70 ratings · 21 reviews · 9 distinct works

	The Mystery of the Dancing Horses (Wonder World Kids, #1) 4.59 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Riddle of the Wild Dogs (Wonder World Kids, #3) by Dori Marx (Goodreads Author), Ariel Landy (Illustrator) 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dilemma of the Lazy Lions (Wonder World Kids, #4) 4.85 avg rating — 13 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Case of the Lost Llamas (Wonder World Kids, #2) 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret of the Missing Turtles (Wonder World Kids, #5) by Dori Marx (Goodreads Author), Daniela Castro Ramirez (Illustrator) 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Call of the Wandering Wolves (Wonder World Kids, #6) by Dori Marx (Goodreads Author), Puma L. Marx (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Help Is on the Way by Dori Marx (Goodreads Author), Sierra Marx (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Quest of the Puzzled Penguins by Dori Marx (Goodreads Author), Daniela Castro Ramirez (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wonder World Kids: The Call of the Wandering Wolves by Dori Marx (Goodreads Author), Puma Marx (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Emperor of Gladness

by Ocean Vuong

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Martyr!

by Kaveh Akbar

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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

by Elizabeth Kolbert (Goodreads Author)

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