Bookmarks Are People Too! (Here's Hank Series #1)

by Henry Winkler, Lin Oliver Narrated by Henry Winkler

Overview

Hi there, I'm Hank.

Here's what you need to know about me: I don't try to make the kids in my class laugh, but somehow I do. Spelling is my worst subject. (Come to think of it, so are math and reading!) I try hard- I really do. So why does my brain always freeze into a Popsicle?

When Hank hears that his class is putting on a play, he's the only one who's not excited. That's because every time he tries to read the script, his brain swirls, and it feels like his head is filled with soggy oatmeal! Can Hank get his act together and get a part?

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Hank has a winning way of bouncing back from adversity, and like the frequent black-and-white line-and-wash drawings, the typeface is designed with easy legibility in mind."—Kirkus Reviews

Kirkus Reviews

2013-12-11
Hank Zipzer, poster boy for dyslexic middle graders everywhere, stars in a new prequel series highlighting second-grade trials and triumphs. Hank's hopes of playing Aqua Fly, a comic-book character, in the upcoming class play founder when, despite plenty of coaching and preparation, he freezes up during tryouts. He is not particularly comforted when his sympathetic teacher adds a nonspeaking role as a bookmark to the play just for him. Following the pattern laid down in his previous appearances as an older child, he gets plenty of help and support from understanding friends (including Ashley Wong, a new apartment-house neighbor). He even manages to turn lemons into lemonade with a quick bit of improv when Nick "the Tick" McKelty, the sneering classmate who took his preferred role, blanks on his lines during the performance. As the aforementioned bully not only chokes in the clutch and gets a demeaning nickname, but is fat, boastful and eats like a pig, the authors' sensitivity is rather one-sided. Still, Hank has a winning way of bouncing back from adversity, and like the frequent black-and-white line-and-wash drawings, the typeface is designed with easy legibility in mind. An uncomplicated opener, with some funny bits and a clear but not heavy agenda. (Fiction. 7-9)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940176362077
Publisher:	Recorded Books, LLC
Publication date:	06/08/2021
Series:	Here's Hank Series
Edition description:	Unabridged
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

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