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Dear Mr. Henshaw,
My teach read your book about the dog to our class. It was funny. We licked it.
Your friend,
Leigh Botts (boy)
First there was Henry Huggins...then Bezus and Ramona...now Beverly Cleary introduces a spunky new character named Leigh Botts, age ten.
Leigh has been Boyd Henshaw's Number One fan ever since his second grade teacher read aloud Ways to Amuse a Dog. Now in the sixth grade, Leigh lives with his mother and is "the new kid" in school. Troubled by the absence of his father, a cross-country trucker, and angry because a mysterious lunchbag thief steals all the "good stuff" from his lunch, Leigh feels his only friend is Mr. Fridley, the school custodian. Then Leigh's teacher assigns a project that requires writing letters asking questions of authors. Naturally Leigh chooses to write to Mr. Henshaw, whose surprising answer changes Leigh's life.
Told through a series of letters to Leigh's favorite author, and later through Leigh's diary, this is a wise and funny book about finding one's own place in the world. Written with Beverly Cleary's unique blend of humor and compassion, Dear Mr. Henshaw will soon take its place beside the author's other beloved classics.
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Parent and child, Letters, Schools, Divorce, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Newbery Medal, Parent-child relationship, Ecoles, Marriage & Divorce, Classics, Friendship, Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse, School stories, Family, Lettres (Correspondance), Social Themes, Parents et enfants, Divorcio, Novela, Padres y hijos, Escuelas, Cartas, Epistoloary fiction, Children of divorced parents, Understanding Others, Communication and Language Development, Divorce and Separation, School Life, Self Image and Identity, Juvenile literature, Spanish language materials, juvenile works, school, families, Emotions & Feelings, Ficción juvenil, Padres e hijos, Children's fiction, Divorce, fiction, Schools, fiction, Parent and child, fiction, Large type books, Letter writing, New York Times reviewed, Friendship, fiction, Leigh Botts (Fictitious character), Botts, Leigh (Personaje literario), Novela juvenil, Padre de familia e hijo, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY, Spanish, Spanish language, Écoles, Schools dv Fiction, Letters, fiction, Adolescence, fiction, award:Newbery_award, lexile:910, lexile_range:901-1000, age:min:8, age:max:10, grade:min:3, grade:max:7People
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Dear Mr. Henshaw
2015, Paw Prints
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- First HarperTrophy Edition (48)
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亲爱的汉修先生
2009-06, New Buds Publishing House, Xinlei Press
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7530732765 9787530732762
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Dear Mr. Henshaw
2008, HarperCollins Publishers
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Dear Mr. Henshaw
2000, Turtleback (HarperTrophy)
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0606063153 9780606063159
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Dear Mr. Henshaw
1998, Econo-Clad-Books
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- First Beech Tree Spanish-Language Edition 1997
0833573683 9780833573681
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Dear Mr. Henshaw
1984, Yearling
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0440417945 9780440417941
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Dear Mr. Henshaw
1984-08, Yearling
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Dear Mr. Henshaw
1984?, William Morrow and Company
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- Morrow Eagle Library Edition (14)
0688024068 9780688024062
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Dear Mr. Henshaw
1983, William Morrow and Company
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Dear Mr. Henshaw is a juvenile epistolary novel by Beverly Cleary and illustrator Paul O. Zelinsky that was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1984. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children".
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