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Dear Mr. Henshaw
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Dear Mr. Henshaw: Book 1

Dear Mr. Henshaw (1983) (edit title/settings)

by Beverly Cleary (Author) (edit contributors)

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When, in second grade, Leigh writes to an author to tell him how much he "liked" his book, he never suspects that he'll still be writing to him four years later. And he never imagines the kinds of things he'll be writing about: Dear Mr. Henshaw, I am sorry I was rude in my last... read more

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This story is about Leigh Botts, a young boy who lives with his divorced mother and has a dream of becoming an author like Boyd Henshaw. He wrote to the author in second grade informing him that he liked his book, but he never imagined writing to that same man, Mr. Henshaw, again. At school,... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

This story is about Leigh Botts, a young boy who lives with his divorced mother and has a dream of becoming an author like Boyd Henshaw. He wrote to the author in second grade informing him that he liked his book, but he never imagined writing to that same man, Mr. Henshaw, again. At school, he gets bullied a lot, for example, the fantastic treats in his lunchbox (made by Katy, his mother's employer) start mysteriously disappearing... His loneliness and the feeling of not having his parents together, make him grumpy and forlorn.

Characters/People edit see section history

  • Mr. Henshaw: The author of Leigh's favourite books.
  • Leigh Botts: The main character, the boy who writes to Boyd Henshaw.
  • Miss Martinez: Leigh's teacher.
  • Barry: Leigh's friend.
  • Katy: Katy owns a catering business and Leigh's mom works for her.
  • Bandit: Leigh Botts' dog who lives with Leigh's dad
  • Mr. Fridley: The janitor at Leigh's school
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  • “You know...whenever I watch the waves, I always feel that no matter how bad things seem, life will still go on.”
    -Leigh's mom
  • “So you've got problems. Well, so has everyone else, if you take the trouble to notice.”
    Mr. Fridley
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  • De Liver De Letter De Sooner De Better De Later De Letter De Madder I Getter
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  • Messing A. Round, and you don’t have kids because you don’t raise goats.
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  • Nobody else’s author put in a list of questions to be answered, and I don’t think it’s fair to make me do more work when I already wrote a report.
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  • your favorite animal was a purple monster who ate children who sent authors long lists of questions for reports instead of learning to use the library.
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  • On the book it said you lived in Seattle, so I didn’t know you had moved to Alaska although I should have guessed from Moose on Toast.
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  • Then when the mother died because a stupid tourist fed her a cupcake in a plastic bag and she ate the bag, too, I knew this was going to be a sad book.
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  • About those questions you sent me. I’m not going to answer them, and you can’t make me. You’re not my teacher. Yours truly, Leigh Botts
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  • Dear Mr. Henshaw, My teacher read your book about the dog to our class. It was funny. We licked it. Your freind, Leigh Botts
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  • She says Bill and Bonnie Botts sounds like something out of a comic strip.
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First Sentence edit see section history

Dear Mr Henshaw, My teacher read your book about the dog to our class.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 2 in Dear Mr. Henshaw. (standard series)

Followed by Strider.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Beverly Cleary (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Paul O. Zelinsky (Illustrator)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Yearling
Country: U.S.A
Publication Date: 1983
ISBN: 0-440-41794-5
Page Count: 134

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