TROUBLE ACCORDING TO HUMPHREY - Softcover

Betty G. Birney

Softcover

ISBN 10: 057132830X ISBN 13: 9780571328307

Publisher: Faber Children's Books, 2016

Synopsis

Trouble According to Humphrey

About this title

About the Author:

Betty G. Birney has written episodes for numerous children’s television shows, including Madeline, Doug, and Bobby’s World, as well as after-school specials and a television movie, Mary Christmas. She has won many awards for her work, including an Emmy, three Humanitas Prizes, a Writers Guild of America Award, and the Christopher Award. In addition to the Humphrey books, she is the author of The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs and The Princess and the Peabodys. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Betty G. Birney lives in Los Angeles with her husband, an actor.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 2–4—Humphrey is just as lovable and sweet as he was in Friendship According to Humphrey (Putnam, 2005). Still a classroom pet, the hamster learns that his freedom may not be as important as his loyalty to his human friends. The students of Room 26 are assigned jobs as part of a social-studies project. When the hamster gets out of his cage, it is not because the student in charge did not lock the door, but because it does not lock. Humphrey feels guilty for getting his friend in trouble and spends the rest of the book trying to make it right. Along the way, he helps a child learn how to concentrate, reunites two friends, is banned from the classroom, and visits the vet. His escapades teach honesty, responsibility, and the consequences of actions. Essential reading for students who already love Humphrey.—Delia Carruthers, Sunset Ridge Middle School, West Jordan, UT
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About this edition

• Publisher: Faber Children's Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 057132830X
• ISBN 13: 9780571328307
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208