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John Patrick Norman McHennessy: The Boy Who Was Always Late | 
 enlarge | Author: John Burningham
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Category: Book
List Price: $16.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 119596
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Reprint
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 40
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 10.1 x 0.5
ISBN: 0375852204
EAN: 9780375852206
ASIN: 0375852204
Publication Date: July 8, 2008
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Product Description
Every day John Patrick Norman McHennessy sets off along the road to learn, and every day strange and improbable happenings make him late.To make things worse, his teacher, Sir, never believes his stories.One day, John Patrick Norman McHennessy is able to make it on time and finds that an improbable and strange thing has happened to Sir.Just how the tables are turned provides a twist every child will relish.
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 A Long Time Favorite July 25, 2008
This book tickles me! I am a teacher and have read it so many times to students that I have to get another copy. Kids really love this story. It is a little bit of a surprise to them when the teacher tells John that if he keeps telling lies he might hit him with his stick, but he doesn't ever get hit so it just serves to grab the kids' attention. The book isn't explicit because you can see the things that could never happen, "happening" but maybe it is the boy's imagination. Since you never know for sure it is a great book to talk about how different people can interpret books in different ways depending on their experiences or mindset. You could even have kids present the evidence that made them think the things really did or really didn't happen. Awesome book!
My all-time favorite children's book August 7, 2004
As a child, my dad read this book to me almost every night. I loved the illustrations and the story. And it taught me the important lesson that children are sometimes much more intelligent and insightful than adults. Maybe some would consider the next lesson to be anything but a lesson, but as a child, this book taught me to question authority and to have faith in my own judgment. I think that is the most important lesson this book teaches children.
great for school children August 22, 2001
I'm not sure if preschoolers would get this, but primary grade children enjoy this story where the child triumphs over the teacher in the end! Even groups who are restless find the humor in this situation!
If You Want an Honest Answer, Ask a Child May 22, 2001
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We live in Japan. My boys, who, unlike most Japanese children, have a middle name, are tickled when I read off this boy`s FOUR. John Patrick Norman McHennessy not only has an amazingly long name, but he is always late. (Definitely something they can identify with.) It is not his fault, but because of the myriad of fantastic occurrances which befall him "on the road to learn." He perseverantly keeps on going, everyday. He is always truthful, even when it would be easier to lie and avoid chastisement from Sir, who always accuses him of prevarication and metes out some dreadful punishments. In fact, Sir gets bigger and scarier-looking with each appearance, until the tables are turned in a most satisfying denoument. He may be too frightening for wee ones, but my five- and seven-year old boys love it.
 Only the pictures are nice: Not recommended. May 20, 2000
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
With its stunningly original illustrations and long-named hero, I expected a real find. Instead I discovered a tedious one-joke story featuring a sadistic teacher. Oh, I know, it's all meant as fun, but there was nothing amusing about a boy forced to repeat 400 times "I must not tell lies about lions and I must not tear my trousers," and who is threatened with a beating. The book is neither very funny nor wise. There are so many outstanding children's books; this is not one of them.
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