Niagara Falls, Or Does It? #1 (Hank Zipzer) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Henry Winkler, Lin Oliver
Creator: Jesse Joshua Watson
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 13154
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.3
ISBN: 0448431629
EAN: 9780448431628
ASIN: 0448431629
Publication Date: May 12, 2003
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Product Description
For Hank, fourth grade does not start out on the right foot. First of all, he gets called to the principal's office on the very first day of school. Then the first assignment his teacher gives him is to write five paragraphs on "What You Did This Summer." Hank is terrified-writing one good sentence is hard for him, so how in the world is he going to write five whole paragraphs? Hank comes up with a plan: instead of writing what he did on vacation, he'll show what he did. But when Hank's "living essay" becomes a living disaster, he finds himself in detention. Strangely enough, however, detention ends up becoming a turning point in his life.
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 Great series May 9, 2008
These books have transformed my youngest brother (a 6th grader) into a "reading-machine." Very few books interested him before Hank Zipzer. Now, he calls every so often to tell me he's finished one, and lets me know what happened and what he thinks of it. A big thank-you to Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver for not overlooking young boys as an important literary audience.
The characters are relateable, the subject matter real and humorous. I would reccommend this to anyone with kids in thier lives ages 9-12. These books will win over even your most reluctant reader.
In Great Condition!! May 8, 2008
This product was in great condition and I received it very very quickly! Thanks so much!
My 10yr old loves Hank Zipzer January 8, 2008
We found a couple of these books at our local library and my son who didn't just love to read can't put these down. He reads and laughs and reads and laughs. He is required to read for 1 hour a day, but with these books he goes past the hour and then is back into it again just before bed. We already ordered several more on Amazon and he has chosen them over all other books to read. We had tried many different types of books before trying these and he just didn't enjoy reading. I'm going to be sad when he has read all of them, we will have to go in search of another good read for him.
Hooray for Hank Z March 25, 2007
I discovered Hank Zipzer while watching Henry Winkler doing an interview. He mentioned that one of the reasons he had written the books was because he wanted to explain what life was like for a student who learned in a different way from everyone else. It worked. The book is funny, touching, and true. Hank is a "real" boy. I am currently reading it aloud to my grandson, who is 9, who has some learning disabilities of his own. The story and the characters provide great opportunites for talking about "coping" with problems.
An Excellent Series--Even Better on Audiotape! July 21, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This series is wonderful! While we enjoyed reading each of the books in this series, EVEN BETTER was listening to Henry Winkler read them aloud on the audio version.
My two sons (ages 8 and 11) and I (age 40) were laughing out loud as we listened. Like many other reviewers, we recognized ourselves in Hank.
One of the best ones is _I Got a D in Salami_, the third one.
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