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Who Ordered This Baby? Definitely Not Me! #13 (Hank Zipzer)

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You can't beat this series. I absolutely love this book too. The way Henry and Lin deal with real issues in an entertaining way teaches kids lessons without readers even knowing it. I loved this book!

My son (now 10) has enjoyed all 13 of the Hank Zipzer books and he is looking forward to #14. He thinks these books are very funny!

I ordered this book for my 5th grader. He has read the whole series and LOVES Hank Zipzer, eagerly awaiting each new book coming out. This one was not available at our local bookseller (only through a special order), so I ordered it on Amazon with some other things to qualify for the minumum for free shipping. Yippee! Free shipping AND the new Hank Zipzer! It's our lucky day!
My 5th grader read "Who ordered this baby" the day it was received and said it's probably the best one yet!
We highly recommend this series by The Fonz.

My two boys and I have been reading the Hank Zipzer series for over a year now. My boys are 10 and 8 years of age, but still enjoy having me read to them before bed. I chose this series of books at the suggestion of my son's 4th grade teacher last year. My 10 year old has been diagnosed with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) and he can TOTALLY relate to Hank's learning disorder issues. We read it as a family partly to keep conversation open about learning disorders and the frustrations of those who have to work a little harder to get by in life (things come easier to my 8 year old but I want him to appreciate that and not take it for granted...also want him to empathize with his older brother). We have been reading all the books in the series and just finished #15 last night. I would highly recommend this entire series for anyone with school age children. The books are funny, entertaining, endearing, and they deal with real life issues. Plus, what 40 year old parent doesn't want to read a book co-written by "The Fonz"? Bravo to Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver for writing this series!

As much as I love this series, some of the inconsistencies in the story line are starting to get to me. I have documented in other reviews inconsistencies regarding Hank's statements of his best mark in school. This time it is something different. In this one the principal of PS87 is talking outside the school to Hank's grandfather about peer tutoring and how it might be good for Hank with his learning difficulties. However in book 11, The Curtain Went Up, My Pants Went Down Hank goes through peer tutoring to improve his marks so he can be in the school play. These are great books especially for children with learning disabilities. Yet these story line inconsistencies are starting to detract from the strength of individual books.

In this one Hank learns that his parents are having another baby. All he can see is how this is going to ruin his life, starting with his birthday party that very weekend. Hank makes two major decisions in this book. First he decides that looking after a pet might help him learn how to help with a baby, so his Grandfather papa Pete buys him a Mexican red-knee tarantula named Rosa. He soon finds out a tarantula can cause all kinds of difficulties especially in a pizza parlour. He also decides to throw himself a birthday party, but neither of his best friends can come because they made commitments to go with Hank's mom to look at baby carriages.

This is another fun light adventure in the Hank Zipzer series.