The Curse of Ivor

About the Book

Things could not be more rotten for an eight-year-old boy named Melvin Cotton. He is bored with the gray on that bleak March day. As the story begins Melvin decides to pull himself out of his doldrums by climbing to the peak of a craggy rock where he discovers: a one-eared dog, a crooked mill and a very artistic hunchback named Ivor.

When the people of Salisbury try to run the hunchback out of town, after being mesmerized by a greedy realtor, Melvin comes to his rescue.

By the use of cinematic illustrations, Doucette evokes the Saturday matinee monster movies but turns the familiar images on their head. The reader is confronted with their own prejudice when they find out that the real monster is not the hunchback and that his curse is not his back. This is a story about acceptance, tolerance, self-expression, friendship and love.

This story not only promotes acceptance but also celebrates the differences in us all.

About the Author

Robert Doucette is the director of many well known animated children’s programs including the PBS hit Clifford’s Puppy Days based on the Scholastic book series Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell. Doucette’s other series include Cartoon Network’s Baby Looney Tunes and Warner Bros.’ Histeria. He also was responsible for creating the hit show Detention for the kids WB and worked on Road Rovers, Animaniacs and Tiny Toons. Most recently he has directed a feature length cartoon of The Abominable Snowman based on the very popular Choose Your Own Adventure book series. His first book was the children’s picture book The Curse of Ivor, available at Xlibris.com. Robert Doucette was born in Waterville, Maine, educated at Rhode Island School of Design and has a Master degree in animation from CalARTS and now lives in Los Angeles California. To see more of Doucette’s artwork go to www.bobdoucette.com.