Dear Mr. Henshaw,
My teacher read your book about the dog to our class.
An edition of Dear Mr. Henshaw
(1983)
Dear Mr. Henshaw
First HarperTrophy Edition (48)
by Beverly Cleary
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Dear Mr. Henshaw,
I wish somebody would stop stealing the good stuff out of my lunchbag. I guess I wish a lot of other things, too. I wish someday Dad and Bandit would pull up in front in the rig ... Dad would yell out of the cab, "Come on, Leigh. Hop in and I'll give you a lift to school."
Leigh Botts has been author Boyd Henshaw's number one fan ever since he was in second grade. Now in sixth grade, Leigh lives with his mother and is the new kid at school. He's lonely, troubled by the absence of his father, a cross-country trucker, and angry because a mysterious thief steals from his lunchbag. Then Leigh's teacher assigns a letter-writing project. Naturally Leigh chooses to write to Mr. Henshaw, whose surprising answer changes Leigh's life.
--back cover
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Parent and child, Letters, Schools, Divorce, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Newbery Medal, Parent-child relationship, Ecoles, Marriage & Divorce, Classics, Friendship, Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse, School stories, Family, Lettres (Correspondance), Social Themes, Parents et enfants, Divorcio, Novela, Padres y hijos, Escuelas, Cartas, Epistoloary fiction, Children of divorced parents, Understanding Others, Communication and Language Development, Divorce and Separation, School Life, Self Image and Identity, Juvenile literature, Spanish language materials, juvenile works, school, families, Emotions & Feelings, Ficción juvenil, Padres e hijos, Children's fiction, Divorce, fiction, Schools, fiction, Parent and child, fiction, Large type books, Letter writing, New York Times reviewed, Friendship, fiction, Leigh Botts (Fictitious character), Botts, Leigh (Personaje literario), Novela juvenil, Padre de familia e hijo, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY, Spanish, Spanish language, Écoles, Schools dv Fiction, Letters, fiction, Adolescence, fiction, award:Newbery_award, lexile:910, lexile_range:901-1000, age:min:8, age:max:10, grade:min:3, grade:max:7People
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Dear Mr. Henshaw
2015, Paw Prints
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- First HarperTrophy Edition (48)
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Dear Mr. Henshaw
2012, HarperTrophy
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- First HarperTrophy edition, 2000
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Dear Mr. Henshaw
2000, FollettBound
library binding
in English
- First HarperTrophy edition
0329033247 9780329033248
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Querido Señor Henshaw
1998, Beech Tree Books
paperback
in Spanish
- Spanish Language edition (2)
0688154859 9780688154851
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Dear Mr. Henshaw
1998, Econo-Clad-Books
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in Spanish
- First Beech Tree Spanish-Language Edition 1997
0833573683 9780833573681
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Dear Mr. Henshaw
1984, Yearling
Paperback
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- First Yearling Printing
0440417945 9780440417941
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Dear Mr. Henshaw
1984?, William Morrow and Company
Library Binding
in English
- Morrow Eagle Library Edition (14)
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Dear Mr. Henshaw is a juvenile epistolary novel by Beverly Cleary and illustrator Paul O. Zelinsky that was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1984. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children".
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