Halfway Hank

by Joe Fallon and Ken Scarborough

Book Overview

A boy of middling talents -- lives in a house with a half-mown lawn and rides a bike with half a seat. While other kids skate figure eights, Hank can only make a figure four -- wearing a single skate! Even his sister thinks he's half-baked. But one day, at the Wholenut County Hoe-Down Days and Olde-Tyme Barbecue, Hank's partial way of doing things makes him a total winner. Authors Joe Fallon and Ken Scarborough and best-selling illustrator Jack E...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0066236363
• ISBN13: 9780066236360
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.8" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Wholly Adorable

There is nothing halfway about this charming story. Another favorite with my grandchildren. Who doesn't feel out of step sometimes? Strangely different from the status quo? If you identify, you'll love Halfway Hank who finds a way not only to fit in, but to overcome and enjoy being who he is. Guaranteed hit with children of all ages.

Halfway Hank

Purchased based on rave review in AARP. Boy were they right! Outstanding book for kids. Great story about being "different" but it's OK. Outstanding illustrations that you will look at for a long time, taking it all in.

Respected Children's Television Writers Try Their Hand at a Children's Picture Book

"Halfway Hank" is a book about a boy who literally does everything halfway. He keeps half of his room messy and the other neat. He only counts half his birthdays. So far, his halfway method of doing things is working out for him, but then he finds himself messing up everything at a field day. Hank needs a solution and fast. This book shows that it's possible to achieve at life without compromising who you are and your own unique way of doing things. If there's one thing Hank isn't, it's a quitter. "Halfway Hank" features funny illustrations. They match well with the text, with is probably a bit too advanced for younger readers, but would be good for readaloud or for those readers that are a bit more advanced. "Halfway Hank" is the first picture book by Joe Fallon and Ken Scarborough, with illustrations by Jack E. Davis. Fallon and Scarborough are writers for children's television and have worked for such popular series as "Arthur," "Between the Lions" and "Little Bill." This book is a welcome entry into the field of children's picture books for them.

Double layered book : fun for kids & wisdom(?) for grownups

About a kid who always only does things half. ( & don't we all sometimes suffer from this bug?) It is in verse - which kids tend to love, so here you go: It will be placed - no doubt at all - on our most prom'nent shelf For it can teach the wondrous art: How to outwit oneself!