Henry and Beezus [IMPORT] (Paperback)

by Beverly Cleary (Author) "HENRY HUGGINS stood by the front window of his square white house of Klickitat Street and wondered why Sunday afternoon seemed so much longer than..." (more)
Key Phrases: bike fund, good bike, door mat, Mary Jane, Klickitat Street, Miss Mullen (more...)

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Puffin / Penguin Books; New Ed edition (1990)
• ISBN-10: 0140328211
• ISBN-13: 978-0140328219
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Listening Library audio version is NOT abridged!, April 18, 2000

By A Customer

The audio book version of this wonderful children's book, well done by the excellent "Listening Library" company, is complete and unabridged. I know, I bought it. Look closely at the photo and you can see that this is true. If you want the book, I recommend the beautiful "library binding" hardcover. Strip off the dustjacket, and find a perfectly faithful reproduction of the 1950s original. Henry and Beezus is my favorite of all the Beverly Cleary books. My three kids love it. It's the kind of children's book they just don't make anymore. Like Encyclopedia Brown, and other traditional American heroes of his ilk, Henry Huggins is great kid, friendly, kind, just, responsible, bright, and forgiving. He's short on cash at the moment, and can't afford a bike like the other kid on the block, but Henry displays a naturally independent spirit and even----hold your breath----entrepreneurial initiative. He persists in all that he endeavors, rolling with the punches, and shrugging off life's little humiliations, even as they sting inside. He's all the things that made America great, but that seem (let's face it) to have gone out of fashion in this whiny New Age of anti-capitalist political correctness. But perhaps the American soul still breathes, as long as a book like this is still in print.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Book I Have Ever Read!, November 18, 2002

By	L Moseley (Fort Smith Arkansas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Henry and Beezus (Library Binding)

On a scale of one to ten Henry and Beezus by Beverly Cleary is a twenty. That is why I am going to try to persuade you to read this wonderful book. The first reason you should read this book is because once you pick it up you just cannot put it down. It has so many funny things that happen to Henry, Beezus, and Ramona that you cannot wait to read what happens next. Now I am going to tell you a little about this book. It is about a boy, Henry, who wants a new bicycle. His parents cannot afford to buy him one so he decides to find a way to get the money himself. If you want to know how he gets the money you will have to read the book. But don't think that reading a book about a boy that gets money to get a bike is boring. In this book Beverly Cleary makes it so much more interesting. So if you want a book that you can read that will bring the kid side out of you again, read Henry and Beezus by Beverly Cleary.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this book., April 18, 2002

By	Alice Fielding "kangarunitarian" (Norman, OK USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Henry and Beezus (Henry Huggins) (Paperback)

In a time when kids had to work hard to get what they wanted, Henry wanted a bike, and got it...in a most unusual and creative way. This is a charming book that portrays a humorous, realistic, unsentimental friendship between a boy and a girl.