Humphrey

Zusatztext “Small but mighty! Humphrey is an endearing and earnest narrator whose gentle but on-the-nose observations will resonate with budding readers.”— School Library Journal Informationen zum Autor Betty G. Birney has won many awards for writing for television, including an Emmy, three Humanitas Prizes, and a Writers Guild of America Award, and she won the Christopher Award for Friendship According to Humphrey . In addition to the Humphrey series, she is the author of  The Seven Wonders of Sassafrass Springs  and  The Princess and the Peabody's . She grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, where her parents grew up as neighbors on Humphrey Street. Priscilla Burris graduated from The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising. Since then, she's illustrated several children's books. Klappentext Everyone's favorite classroom pet is now starring in chapter books! Humphrey has had lots of adventures as the classroom pet of Room 26, but never one like this. He is going on a campout in the backyard with Heidi and her friends! There’s stargazing, roasting marshmallows, searching for creepy-crawlies—and then there are the prank-loving boys next door, who want to prove that the girls are scaredy-cats.   Humphrey doesn’t think girls are scaredy-cats. He doesn’t think girls are like cats at all. Can this VERY-VERY-VERY small hamster show them with a hairy-scary trick of his own?   With sweet illustrations and an easy reading level, Humphrey’s Tiny Tales are hamster-iffic for emerging readers. Zusammenfassung Everyone's favorite classroom pet is now starring in chapter books! Humphrey has had lots of adventures as the classroom pet of Room 26! but never one like this. He is going on a campout in the backyard with Heidi and her friends! There’s stargazing! roasting marshmallows! searching for creepy-crawlies—and then there are the prank-loving boys next door! who want to prove that the girls are scaredy-cats.   Humphrey doesn’t think girls are scaredy-cats. He doesn’t think girls are like cats at all. Can this VERY-VERY-VERY small hamster show them with a hairy-scary trick of his own?   With sweet illustrations and an easy reading level! Humphrey’s Tiny Tales are hamster-iffic for emerging readers. ...

Product details

• Authors: Betty Birney, Betty G Birney, Betty G. Birney, Betty G./ Burris Birney, Birney Betty G., Priscilla Burris
• Assisted by: Priscilla Burris (Illustration), Burris Priscilla (Illustration)
• Publisher: Puffin USA
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 5 to 8
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.05.2015
• EAN: 9780147514592
• ISBN: 978-0-14-751459-2
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 7 mm
• Series: Humphrey's Tiny Tales; Humphrey's Tiny Tales
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / General, English, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Readers / Beginner, JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & Recreation / General, Animal stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Educational: English language: readers & reading schemes, JUVENILE FICTION / Science & Nature / General, Sporting stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Sporting stories