Herbie Jones Birthday - Hardcover

Kline, Suzy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399226001 ISBN 13: 9780399226007

Publisher: Putnam Juvenile, 1993

Synopsis

Tired of sharing a birthday with John Greenweed and of competing with him for birthday party guests, Raymond Martin and Herbie Jones come up with unbeatable plans for a special celebration, only to have an accident threaten their scheme.

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About the Author

Suzy Kline, the author of nineteen previous Horrible Harry books and four books about Song Lee, lives in Willington Connecticut with her husband, Rufus. Suzy and Rufus have been married for thirty-eight years. They met in the state where they both grew up: California. Suzy grew up in Berkeley and Rufus in Sacramento. Suzy graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a degree in European history. She met Rufus at the Davis campus while attending that campus for a year. They got married and lived in different places, including Canada, before settling into Connecticut, the state they now call home.

Suzy taught in 5th and 6th grades at Shannon Elementary School in Richmond, California for 3 years, and 2nd and 3rd grades at Southwest Elementary School in Torrington, Connecticut for 24 years before retiring this past June. She now enjoys writing full-time and visiting schools and libraries. The couple share their home with two cats, Teeter and Hoag. They have two daughters, Jennifer and Emily, and four grandchildren: Jake, Kenna, Gabby and Saylor. A fifth grandchild is due in September, 2006. Suzy's mother just turned 96. She dedicated her most recent book, Horrible Harry Takes the Cake to her.

Suzy and Rufus enjoy attending UConn football and basketball games, and Suzy uses the UConn library as a reference for her writing facts.

 

From Booklist

Gr. 3-5. Friends and rivals face off in the classroom corral in the latest funny chapter book about Herbie Jones. The Wild West enters Herbie's world, not only through the book Shane he's reading with his grandfather, and not only through the report he's working on with his best friend, Ray, but also through a tense showdown about Ray's birthday party. Ray and his classmate John have a birthday on the same day; each plans a party; neither will back down. Ray tries to beat John to the draw, but he can't compete with John's extravagant plans. The action turns poignant when Ray is so upset that he has an accident. The message is light; these boys dream of Western heroes and they also bake cookies. In the end, conflict is resolved not by shootout but by compromise, and everyone has a great time at both parties. Hazel Rochman

About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0399226001
• ISBN 13: 9780399226007
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 94