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Henry Hikes to Fitchburg
Contributor(s): Johnson, D. B. (Author)

ISBN: 0395968674 ISBN-13: 9780395968673
Publisher: Clarion Books

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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2000
Annotation: Inspired by a passage from Henry David Thoreau's Walden, this wonderfully appealing story follows two friends who have very different approaches to life. Illustrations.

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Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature - General
- Juvenile Fiction | Biographical - United States
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Bears

Dewey: E

LCCN: 99035302

Age Level: 4-7

Grade Level: PreK-2

Lexile Measure: 500 AD (Adult Directed Text)

Series: Henry Book

Physical Information: 0.37" H x 10.92" W x 9.1" L (0.97 lbs) 32 pages

Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product

Awards: Georgia Children's Book Award, Nominee, Picture Storybook, 2004
Parents Choice Award (Spring) (1998-2007), Winner, Recommended, 2000
NAPPA Gold Awards, Winner, Storybook, 2001
Massachusetts Book Award (MassBook), Winner, Children's Picture, 2001
Giverny Award, Winner, Science Picture Book, 2001
Bookseller's Choice, Winner, Picture Book, 2001
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, Winner, Picture Book, 2000
California Young Reader Medal, Nominee, Picture Bk/Older Reader, 2003

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 04/10/2000 pg. 98
Booklist 04/15/2000 pg. 1548
School Library Journal 06/01/2000 pg. 116
New York Times 10/15/2000 pg. 31
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2000 pg. 271 - Superior,Well Above Average
New York Times 11/19/2000 pg. 34
Booklist Ed Choice Adu Bk YA's 01/01/2001 pg. 864
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2000 pg. 271 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 41858
Reading Level: 2.1 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
Inspired by a passage from Henry David Thoreau's WALDEN, this wonderfully appealing story follows two friends who have very different approaches to life. When the two agree to meet one evening in Fitchburg, which is thirty miles away, each decides to get there in his own way and have surprisingly different days.

Contributor Bio(s): Johnson, D. B.: - D. B. Johnson has been a freelance illustrator for more than twenty years and has done editorial cartoons, comic strips, and conceptual illustrations for magazines and newspapers around the country. Mr. Johnson's first picture book, Henry Hikes to Fitchburg, was a New York Times bestseller and a Publishers Weekly bestseller, as well as an American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists." Henry Hikes to Fitchburg also won numerous awards, including the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Picture Books and the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award. Mr. Johnson lives in New Hampshire.
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