D.W. Read

She was voiced by Siera Florindo in the original TV series. Her hidden vocals are provided by Lauren Menzo. In webisodes, she is voiced by Kelli Riley.

Profile

 * Name: Dora Winifred Read


 * Alias: D.W.


 * Gender: Female


 * Age: 4 (Season 1-3), 5 (Season 3-present)


 * Parents: David Read (father), Jane Read (mother).


 * Siblings: Arthur Read (older brother), Kaitlyn Read (younger sister).


 * Grandparents: Thora Read (paternal grandmother), Grandpa Dave (maternal grandfather), Thora's mother (great-grandmother).


 * Other: Jessica, Lucille (maternal aunts), Richard (Jessica's husband), Cora (cousin), Monique Read (cousin).

Appearance
D.W is an aardvark, like her brother. She wears a white long sleeved shirt that is under her pink and lavender dress and with her dress she wears a light pink pantyhose with turquoise Mary Janes. D.W also has many alternate outfits; her footsie pyjamas, pink frilly swimsuit, red polka dot dress, her Arthur outfit, gymnastic suit and many more. She has short brown hair that is up to her cheeks.

Personality
D.W. is often annoying to Arthur (he considers her a pest), but deep down she truly loves her brother. She also has an imaginary friend named Nadine. She hates her full name and has everyone call her D.W. for short.

In the episode "D.W. All Fired Up", it was revealed that she had a fear of fire drills. In the episode "Kiss and Tell" it is revealed that she has a crush on her classmate James. She also is a picky eater (as seen in "D.W. the Picky Eater"), and hates spinach. She had a snowball that was stolen by aliens although she always believed Arthur stole it for several episodes and mentions it during the show. She is known for her many short-lived obsessions.

Family
D.W lives with her family which consists of her father (David Read), her mother (Jane Read), her older brother (Arthur Read) and her baby sister (Baby Kate).


 * Arthur Read: Usually Arthur and D.W are seen fighting with each other, especially over their TV time and when she annoys him, but they also truly love and care for each other. A usual theme with Arthur and D.W, is Arthur usually forgets to play with D.W the games he promised her. It was noted that Arthur use to play with D.W all the time, until Arthur believed that D.W liked "Baby Stuff."


 * Baby Kate Read: Baby Kate is D.W's younger sister who looks up to D.W. and does favors for her regularly with Pal, e.g. finding her lost sock.


 * Pal: D.W. and Arthur's dog pal are in a love-hate relationship. Pal likes D.W. and D.W. regularly dislikes him but sometimes treats him nicely.

Friends
D.W has many pre-school friends such as Emily, The Tibbles and James.


 * Emily: Emily is D.W's best friend but is often trying to compete with her and is jealous often. She is of French descent and has a French nanny named Marie-Helene.


 * Tommy and Timmy Tibble: The Tibbles are D.W's friends but often try to compete with her and pester her. They are also known to lie to D.W., often misleading her into doing foolish things for their own amusement. D.W. often finds herself at odds with them, but they usually make up later.


 * James MacDonald: James is a friend of D.W.'s who is very shy at times. D.W. tried to get him to kiss her once, thinking she would become a princess like Emily (who felt like a princess when she was kissed in Paris). He eventually did kiss her, but not much came of it. They are usually on pretty good terms with each other.


 * Lisa: Lisa is a girl in D.W.'s pre-school who may or may not be a friend of D.W. She once got D.W. into a very bad mood when she didn't invite D.W. to her birthday party, as D.W. was insulted when Emily was invited and not her. Very little is known about their current relationship.

Trivia

 * D.W's has two favourite songs: The Mary Moo Cow theme song and Crazy Bus.
 * D.W is afraid of octopusses.
 * She loves unicorns and ponies
 * D.W cannot read or tell time
 * She cannot write, except she can write her name.
 * It is clearly known that D.W hates Bionic Bunny, but in the episode Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest, D.W is watching and laughing.