Reading: Henrietta, There's No One Better

Henrietta, There's No One Better
by Martine Murray

Before bed tonight, we read this great (really great!) book that had us all in stitches.

Little Henrietta has a baby brother. We have a baby brother. Henrietta is adventurous (sometimes naughty). We are, too! She has a lovely imagination. (!). She knows what she wants, and what she does not want. How could you not be drawn to a child who Does Not want to be a King because kings can't fart? (!?).

The funniest similarity for us was getting to a page where she talks about her Dad and their dog both liking to lie out on the couch. The illustration has Dad lounged out across a big red couch, the dog curled by his knees, and Henrietta hanging over the end of the couch. I looked up from the book & there, on our big red couch, was Tomas fully stretched out with crossword in hand, dog curled up by his knees, and Miss M sprawled out at his feet, listening raptly to the story.

The illustrations are lovely and whimsical, and the story is told from the perspective of a precocious little girl. Both my olders (8 and 6) hung on to every word, and laughed their butts off at the silliness of it. We unanimously recommend this one :-)

Comments

[Melissa R. Garrett]

Sounds like a great book! Speaking of books, I wanted to let you know we received our copy of What's that noise? from Lulu last week. I've been meaning to contact you, but if you've peeked at my blog recently, you are well aware of the havoc that transpired when a little stomach bug so rudely invaded our house. ANYWAY - I wanted to let YOU and Tomas know my kids LOVE it!! I can't tell you how many times Hannah, 7, read it to Jacob, 5. It is a darling story, and I am going to do a write-up of it on my blog at some point today (right now I am busy editing the newsletter for my daughter's school, otherwise I would be doing it right now!). I'll also go to Lulu and post a review there. Awesome work! I can't wait to read more of Tomas's work!!