Author- Beverly Cleary
Title- Dear Mr. Henshaw
Illustrator- Paul O. Zelinsky
Year-1983
Genre- Newbery
Format- Paperback
Publisher- Scholastic Inc,
Reading Level- Intermediate Reading
Interest Level- Elementary
Topics- Writing, English, Letters, Family,Losing a loved one
Summary- This book is about a boy named Leigh Botts. It starts in the second grade when Leigh writes a letter to Mr.Henshaw about his book "Ways to amuse a dog". Leigh continues to write to Mr. Henshaw through all of elementary school talking about his books and how much he likes them. Mr. Henshaw suggests to Leigh to start a journal. The books format goes back and forth between Leigh's letters to Mr.Henshaw and his journal entries. Mr.Henshaw suggests that Leigh enters a writing contest which leads Leigh to meeting a real life author. Through out the story you learn about very personal aspects of Leigh's life like his love/hate relationship with his father who lives far away or dealing with his dog being lost. This book has a very fun format for children to read and is a quick easy read for the beginning reader.
Extension Activity- Have the kids write a letter to their favorite author. See how many people get responses and share them with the class.
(I already did this entry but I couldn't find it when I went back to look at it so if you already have this sorry)
