Dear Mr. Henshaw (Avon Camelot Books)

School Library JournalCleary succeeds again. [Her] sense of humor leavens and lightens ...




New York Times Book ReviewA first-rate, poignant story ... a lovely, well-crafted, three-dimensional work.


New York Times Book ReviewA first-rate, poignant story ... a lovely, well-crafted, three-dimensional work.




Publishers Weekly
- Publisher's Weekly
This amusing, often touching series of letters from Leigh Botts to a children's book author he admires again demonstrates Cleary's right-on perception of a kid's world. Ages 8-12. (Aug.)




Children's Literature
- Children's Literature
Awarded since 1922, the John Newbery Medal, given each year by the American Library Association to the most distinguished children's book published in America, has a long, illustrious history.