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Oh, Harry!
Harry isn't the most handsome or graceful horse in the barn, but he has a knack for calming even the most excitable filly. All's well until the arrival of six-year-old Algernon Adams the Third--a boy with a talent for mayhem. When Algernon finds himself in a pinch, will reliably helpful Harry come to his rescue or go back to sleep and let the little terror figure his own w...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
June 21st 2011
by Roaring Brook Press
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Harry the horse did not have the lean lines of the other horses at the Adams & Son farm. He wasn’t jittery or temperamental like the others either. Instead, he was gentle, kind and calm. When any other horse got out of line, Harry was brought in to calm the situation down. He didn’t have a stall like the others either, instead he was allowed to move from spot to spot in the barn as he liked. But then Algernon Adams, aged 6, arrived at the farm. He ran around, yelled and scared the horses. Un...more
3.5 - Moser's illustrations are so simple yet so elegant! Julia and both turned back more than a few pages to continue looking.
The text in Oh, Harry! is as close to my idea of perfect as one can get. This is what rhyming text should be like IMHO.
You can't help but love Harry and all he stands for! I'm sure we'll read this again in the near future!
The text in Oh, Harry! is as close to my idea of perfect as one can get. This is what rhyming text should be like IMHO.
You can't help but love Harry and all he stands for! I'm sure we'll read this again in the near future!
Harry is not a beautiful horse. Harry is a chill laid back horse that puts everyone at ease and welcomes all the new horses to the stables. One day the stable owners bratty son comes and reeks havoc at the stables and to all the animals within. Can Harry's mellow personality work its magic on this naughty spoiled child?
Harry the horse is nothing special to look at, but a show-horse stable keeps him around because he calms nervous horses down. When a young rascally boy shows up, it takes Harry to make him realize he needs to make friends in the barn.
Fabulous illustrations by Moser. I'm hoping this one is a Caldecott consideration.
Fabulous illustrations by Moser. I'm hoping this one is a Caldecott consideration.
I really wish this story had been told in simple, straightforward prose, rather than rhyme, because I found myself tripping over the rhyming words and becoming frustrated with the seemingly gratuitous end rhyme for words like "umbrella" and "fella" and "gone" and "yawn." It also bugged me when I had to over-enunciate or elongate certain words or syllables to get them to fit the story's established meter. But despite the shortcomings of the text, this book will stick with me for a long time. The...more
Harry, a very calm horse is put to the test with an out of control boy comes to visit. He does everything he can to scare all of the horses - until the boy is trapped in a grain bin and Harry gets him out.
Almost a perfect book. It has one small section that doesn't perfectly rhyme, which drives me nuts. Otherwise it's great and VERY funny.
I think that if you REALLY love horses that this might be a book for you. Written in verse.
I was sold when I saw Maxine Kumin wrote the verse. Beautifully written and illustrated.
Beautiful illustrations. Rhyming text. If you are a horse lover, you will love Harry!
Great rhyming patterns. Loved the story and the lesson learned.
Cute story. Both kids would love to have a horse like Harry.
Very nice drawings accompany a good story told in rhyme. Humorous.
That horse sure can smile!
Bouncy and entertaining.
Nov 15, 2011
Jennifer
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Ooh, horse! :-)
Very cute pictures.
Horse lovers and others will adore this one. Harry is a great character! Cute text and Fantastic Illustrations by Barry Moser!
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I really liked the illustrations.
May 08, 2013
Helyn
marked it as to-read
Apr 21, 2013
Bhaljee
marked it as to-read
Feb 21, 2013
Igraine
marked it as auf-gar-keinen-fall
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Maxine Kumin's 17th poetry collection, forthcoming in the spring of 2010, is Where I Live: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010. Her awards include the Pulitzer and Ruth Lilly Poetry Prizes, the Poets’ Prize, and the Harvard Arts and Robert Frost Medals. A former US poet laureate, she and her husband live on a farm in New Hampshire.
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