Harry on the Rocks

by Susan Meddaugh

Book Overview

An afternoon boating excursion goes terribly awry when Harry drops his oars and the tide takes him and his little yellow boat out to sea.A storm washes him ashore on an island with nothing but sand... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0618276033
• ISBN13: 9780618276035
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 10.4"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Wonderful and quietly wise

The story is charming, the drawings disarmingly simple and the conclusion (semi spoiler alert?) - makes this a PERFECT mothers day or fathers day gift. Harry has become a favorite with my three little ones.

Poor Harry!!!!

This is one of the funniest books that I've encountered in some time. All Harry wants to do is take a little boat trip, maybe do some fishing, and relax. If page one is an indication of the things to come, it's not good news for Harry. We see a seagull trying to break open a clam shell by dropping it on Harry's head. He gets caught in a storm and is stranded on an island with a lot of rocks, a scraggly tree, and an egg. As the egg hatches Harry figures it must be a bizzard, but comes to the realization that it's actually a dragon, a dragon that is continually eyeing Harry going "Mmmmmmmmmmm". The ending is a delightful twist and a valuable lesson is learned--there are fates far worse than death. Don't pass this book up. A good number of titles out there can have the reader laughing on the first page but, can't deliver. This one does. Poor Harry!!!