Song Lee and the Hamster Hunt [Hardcover]

Suzy Kline (Author), Frank Remkiewicz (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 6 and up | Series: Song Lee

Get ready for another hilarious adventure with Song Lee, Horrible Harry, and the rest of the kids from Room 2B. Sparks fly when Song Lee brings her pet hamster, Yi, to school--and Yi escapes. Suzy Kline brings her sense of humor and insight into the way kids really think to another "short snappy text--just the thing to turn on new readers to books".--Booklist.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 1-3-Kline's latest addition to the "Horrible Harry" series (Viking) is a natural extension of the previous books. Song Lee, introduced in Song Lee in Room 2B (1993), is back, as are the other now familiar kids in Miss Mackle's class. Here, when her hamster sneaks out of its cage and embarks on a tour of South School, the class pulls together and launchs a poster campaign to track it down. When the custodian finally rescues the exhausted animal from the flooded basement, the entire school cheers with happiness and relief and the children in Room 2B learn a valuable lesson in caring and responsibility. There are fewer laughs here than in the earlier titles, but there is more emotion. In all, this is a solid read for the beginning chapter-book set.
Christina Dorr, Calcium Primary School, NY
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Gr. 1-3. In the latest easy chapter book about classroom 2B, the dialogue, characters, and first-person narrative capture the grade-school scene with gentle comedy. Song Lee brings her pet hamster, Yi, to school; someone leaves the cage open, Yi escapes, the whole school searches for him, and he's finally found. Kids will also enjoy the classroom bickering, what the students bring from home, and how they relate to one another as they learn and play. The teacher is wise, but her touch is light, just like this story. Hazel Rochman

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: Viking Juvenile (August 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0670847739
• ISBN-13: 978-0670847730
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,673,757 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent 1st or 2nd grade chapter book, April 28, 2007

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W. Fujimoto "Brett's Mom" (Honolulu, Hawaii) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Song Lee and the Hamster Hunt reissue (Paperback)

My son loved this book about Song Lee and her hamster. It included students my son found similar to his classmates. He felt the dialog and activities were humorous and still realistic. The book is approximately 50 pages long and divided into four chapters. The drawings are "grown up" and the handwritten/drawn posters, etc. are wonderful. I should mention that Song Lee is a recent arrival to the US and makes the usual English speaking errors. It is noted that her father speaks Chinese, Korean and French and is always correcting her English. My husband and I were not offended, but the more politically-correct may be. We are buying the rest of the series. Really recommend this book for girls and boys. The most difficult words in the book are "Frankenstein", "appeared" and "famous," so even though it is long, the words are not too difficult.

4.0 out of 5 stars Song Lee And The Hamster Hunt., May 11, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Song Lee and the Hamster Hunt reissue (Paperback)

Song Lee And The Hamster Hunt is a asome story to read it .And its
asome because at the 3rd page of the story it said he looked like a tenes
ball and that bounced into an oil spill.And Mary said that he's been
through a lot and Horrible Harry is a very good book to people Suzy Kline is probably very happy that she wrote the story so the people who have red the story are very happy they red Horrible Harry.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Suzy Kline does it again!, July 16, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Song Lee and the Hamster Hunt (Paperback)

In yet another book about the loveable character, Song Lee, Suzy Kline creates an enjoyable story. Any child will laugh while reading this hilarious book!