| The World According to Humphrey Contributor(s): Birney, Betty G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0142403520 ISBN-13: 9780142403525 Publisher: Puffin Books OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2005 Annotation: With a fresh voice and an engaging, hamster's-eye view of school, families, and treats to hide in a cheek pouch, Birney's Humphrey will elicit laughter and demands for hamsters in every elementary classroom. Includes bonus material. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, Etc. |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 670 |
| Series: Humphrey |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5" W x 7.6" (0.26 lbs) 144 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 77182 Reading Level: 4.2 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first book in the series about everyone's favorite classroom pet You can learn a lot about life by observing another species. That's what Humphrey was told when he was first brought to Room 26. And boy, is it true In addition to having FUN-FUN-FUN in class, each weekend this amazing hamster gets to sleep over with a different student, like Lower-Your-Voice-A.J. and Speak-Up-Sayeh. Soon Humphrey learns to read, write, and even shoot rubber bands (only in self-defense, of course). With lots of friends to help, adventures to enjoy, and a cage with a lock-that-doesn't- lock, Humphrey's life is almost perfect. If only the teacher, Mrs. Brisbane, wasn't out to get him Boys and girls can't help falling in love with Humphrey |