Newbery Verdict Reading Challenge:This is a personal challenge for me to read books that have either won the Newbery Medal or are a Newbery Honor book. The Newbery is named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. Have you read this book? What are your thoughts? Let me know in the comments! Henshaw’s books, but for some reason, I can’t find them anywhere!) YOUR TURN… It’s wonderfully written, has a likable protagonist. This book deserved every inch of its Newbery award. As Leigh says in the final line: “I felt sad and a whole lot better at the same time.” NEWBERY VERDICT… While the ending of this book does present this as an option, it remains realistic. Now, I like a book where divorced parents get back together ( Parent Trap, anybody?) And of course, that is Leigh’s own wish. I like how it also deals with the hard topics in Leigh’s life, like the divorce of his parents. Henshaw replies with a list of his own questions… which Leigh does NOT want to answer! But, of course, his mom makes him. Another section I really enjoyed was when Leigh gives Mr. I love how Cleary is able to capture the voice of this boy, misspellings and all.
My teacher read your book about the dog to our class. My favourite letter is the first one, which reads as follows: I love a good epistolary novel… when it works. Yes, I saw them everywhere, but for some reason, I never picked them up. (For some odd reason, I never read Beverly Cleary’s books when I was a kid.
And while I knew the ending, I found this book just as interesting to read this second time around. This is probably my second read-through of this book. Through a series of letters (and later a diary), Leigh finds an outlet to work through his problems that range from a lunch-thief to his absentee dad. Henshaw // by Beverly Cleary (1983)īasic Plot: Leigh Botts loves the book Ways to Amuse a Dog so much that he decides to write the author: Mr.
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