The Horn Book Guide

EASY READERS

Rylant, Cynthia

Henry and Mudge and Mrs. Hopper's House: The Twenty-second Book of Their Adventures

40 pp. | Simon | February, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-689-81153-5 $$14.95

(3) K-3 Ready-to-Read series. Illustrated by Carolyn Bracken. When someone steals the lucky dice from bus driver Melvin's rear-view mirror, he's emotionally incapable of driving. In their sixth book, Bunny and Jack, a pair of animal detectives, successfully track down the thief and resolve both the thief's and Melvin's problems. The acrylic, gouache, and pencil illustrations of the animal characters are a good match for the silly, easy-to-read text.

Reviewer: Susan Halperin