Critical Reception
Kirkus Reviews said of Dobry, "There's the real feel of the land in the story". Children's literature expert May Hill Arbuthnot calls it "One of the greatest children's books about people of other countries". She suggests that adults "Read it aloud, discuss and savor the colorful episodes." Twentieth-Century Children's Writers says the book is "inspiring", and that "the major characters in Dobry are strong and well-delineated". Dobry won the 1935 Newbery Medal.
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