Henry and Mudge and Mrs. Hopper's house : the twenty-second book of their adventures

Format:

Book

Title:

Henry and Mudge and Mrs. Hopper's house : the twenty-second book of their adventures

Author:

Rylant, Cynthia author

ISBN:

9780689811531

9780689834462

9781415507001

9781599610849

Publication:

New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2003]

Physical Description:

40 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series title(s):

Henry and Mudge books.

Ready-to-read.

Summary:

While Henry's parents are at a Sweetheart Dance on Valentine's Day, he and his dog Mudge have a wonderful time staying at Mrs. Hopper's house, where they enjoy tea and music and dressing up in various costumes.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR LG 2.8 0.5 68254.

Reading Counts RC K-2 2.2 1 Quiz: 33133 Guided reading level: J.

Subject(s):

Babysitters -- Juvenile fiction.

Costume -- Juvenile fiction.

Dogs -- Juvenile fiction.

Valentine's Day -- Juvenile fiction.

Babysitters -- Fiction.

Costume -- Fiction.

Dogs -- Fiction.

Valentine's Day -- Fiction.

Genre:

Readers.

High interest-low vocabulary books.

Added Author:

Holds:

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Summary

Level 2: Reading Independently
* More complex stories
* Varied sentence structure
* Paragraphs and short chapters

Mom and Dad are all dressed up for the Valentine's Day Dance.
But not Henry and Mudge; they hate all that mushy stuff. They're going to play at Mrs. Hopper's house.
But Mrs. Hopper's not just any boring baby-sitter. She has a room just full of costumes and surprises. And by the end of the night Henry and Mudge just might find themselves sweet on fashion!

Author Notes

Cynthia Rylant was born on June 6, 1954 in Hopewell, Virginia. She attended and received degrees at Morris Harvey College, Marshall University, and Kent State University.

Rylant worked as an English professor and at the children's department of a public library, where she first discovered her love of children's literature.

She has written more than 100 children's books in English and Spanish, including works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Her novel Missing May won the 1993 Newbery Medal and A Fine White Dust was a 1987 Newbery Honor book. Rylant wrote A Kindness, Soda Jerk, and A Couple of Kooks and Other Stories, which were named as Best Book for Young Adults. When I was Young in the Mountains and The Relatives Came won the Caldecott Award.

She has many popular picture books series, including Henry and Mudge, Mr. Putter and Tabby and High-Rise Private Eyes. (Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

Horn Book Review

Henry and his dad always make a crazy lunch for Mom on Mother's Day. This year, they create a pineapple sofa, complete with a reclining fruit family. They plan, shop, and cook, all with trusty Mudge at their side, and the lunch is a hit. These funny meal plans, paired with lighthearted illustrations, are sure to capture readers' imaginations. From HORN BOOK Fall 2003, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Booklist Review

K^-Gr. 2. Rylant continues her winning, 15-year-old Ready-to-Read series about a boy and his adored mutt, Mudge, with a Valentine's Day story. Henry's parents are off to a Sweetheart's Dance, and Henry is off to Mrs. Hopper, the baby-sitter. Henry is reluctant at first; he likes Mrs. Hopper, but her house, with its dark stone and "droopy trees," is scary. Luckily, Henry has enormous, happy-go-lucky Mudge, and once inside the Hopper home, Henry finds a real treat. Mrs. Hopper's father was an actor, and her house is filled with music and costumes--all the makings for an evening of fun. As usual, Rylant tells her warm story in clear, even language, introducing interesting words, such as gargoyle, that new readers will relish. As in Henry and Mudge and the Tall Tree House [BKL Ja 1 & 15 03], the cheery, colorful illustrations are by Bracken, who nicely continues the style set by the series' longtime artist, Sucie Stevenson. --Gillian Engberg