Harry's Home

by Catherine Anholt and Laurence Anholt

Book Overview

A city boy discovers the pleasures of country living Harry loves the city, where he lives with his mom. This year he is finally old enough to visit his grandad in the country. Grandad comes to pick... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374328706
• ISBN13: 9780374328702
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.8" x 9.7"
• Age Range: 2 to 5 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 1

Customer Reviews

Wonderful Illustrations and a Story to Match

I checked this out of the new books section at our local library, and my 3-year-old really likes it. He is a child that loves the familiar and seems to empathize with both the grandfather's desire to go back to the country and Harry's desire to go back home to his mom in the city. The illustrations are really fabulous -- detailed, but with great whimsy, and a really extraordinary use of color. We had never read anything before by the Anholts, and Harry's Home led us to check out another five or so yesterday. Both my 2-year-old and 3-year-old loved Billy and the New School, one of the Anholts' previous books. Harry's Home is a great discovery. I recommend it.

An Instant Favorite

This is a charming book with a clever story and appealing illustrations. The moral is that new things grow on you, as did this book. After checking it out several times at the library, we decided we must have it. Bravo.