The Hummingbirds' day

by Harry Allard, Betsy Lewin (Illustrator)

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16 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Harry Allard was an American writer of children's books. Many of his books have received awards; a few have also been banned and challenged in the United States.

Reviews

[Kali · Rating 3 out of 5]

A strange little book about a husband and wife who just laugh everything off. The husband "helps" the wife with her gardening, destroys the entire garden, and the wife laughs it off and says, "Thanks for helping!" Then the wife "helps" the husband fix the broken front door, nails it shut so they can't even get into the house anymore, and the husband laughs it off and says, "Thanks for helping!"

I feel like maybe Harry Allard wrote this one night when he was sleeping on the couch. He probably got shuffled off to there again once it went to print. "Thanks for helping!" XD

[Shakita · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was okay. I could not think of any particular shelf that it would go under just because it didn't carry a lot of information. I guess this book shows children it's okay to make mistakes. The husband and wife in the story didn't do things right, but they just told the other it was okay and laughed. I don't think this book would make it in my classroom.

[Ryan M. Hanna · Rating 1 out of 5]

I like the message of the book, but this is not one I would add to my library.