This book has a valuable message both for children and adults, it is not difficult for reading and understanding but is quite wise and unobtrusive at the same time. The author uses the method of retrospection (Christmas celebrating), to transfer the reader the full canvas of events, which influenced antagonist’s character formation. He grows up on our eyes, we can trace how his world outlook becomes more mature: “It takes two people to get a divorce”, “A book doesn’t have to be funny to be good”, “It helps to have a friend”, “I felt sad and a whole lot better at the same time.” The main distinctive feature of the story is that the reader may not just see what is going on in the text, but to feel it, to go through it together with Leigh. The range of problems depicted in the story is quite wide: relationship between parents and children divorce and its consequences, influence on a child’s behavior the child and society how children cope with their problems are the most vivid. 1 fan”, and my favorite one “Fooey on you”. Henshaw’s questions, he was amused and irritated, so he ended his letters in another way: “Disgusted reader”, “Your pooped reader”, “Your ex-friend”, “Still disgusted” “Still your No.

For example, his first messages, he ends with the following expressions: “Your freind”, “Your best reader”, “Sincerely”, “Your number 1 fan”, but when his mother made him to answer all Mr. Henshaw we can even trace how his attitude toward the author changes, especially, looking at the end of the letter. Pretended Henshaw”, because it is easier for him to imagine, that he tells something to him but not to the piece of paper. Henshaw and tells him how much he likes his books and asks him several questions, and then he starts writing a diary, which he begins with “Dear Mr. He wants to become an author, as great as Mr. But, nevertheless, he is an optimistic child and keeps his chin up. His mother is working hard and doesn’t have much time for him, his father drives a truck and rarely calls him, he doesn’t have friends. The little boy has “adult” problems: his parents divorced and he thinks that it was his fault. The story is full of humor, funny episodes from school life (as the one when somebody ate Leigh’s lunch and the way he stopped that), but in the same time the story is serious and even sad.

It is about a little boy, Leigh Botts and his life from the 2nd till the 6th grades. Henshaw is a juvenile-reader epistolary novel by Beverly Cleary. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.ĭear Mr. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.

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