Henry Reed's Journey

I love Henry Reed. I was reminded of this title by a librarian list-serve discussion of children's road trips. This is a great one. Interesting things always happen when Henry Reed is around. It is a fun bright book. Longer chapters would make good bedtime stories for older kids. No talking down to the reader. Robert McClosky's illustrations are just wonderful. I remember them well from my first reading. Henry and Midge are good thoughtful characters. I enjoyed these stories when I was a kid because they always seem so adult. Now that I am grown I still delight in his and Midge's wild adventures.

Henry Reed is back again, with his friend Midge and her parents, as they traverse the US from California to NJ. As usual, Henry doesn't intend for incidents to happen, but somehow each quiet day turns into an adventure, somehow...with an accidental gold rush, a bruising at Disney Land, and adoption by a Hopi tribe...just to name a few.

I've read three of the Henry Reed stories, and have enjoyed them for the humorous situations that Henry, the first person protagonist, gets himself into. While written in the late 1950's, some aspects of the stories might seem dated, but don't detract from the overall fun. Recommended.

funny story of a boys trip across country (west to east), with his family.

This time Henry Reed is traveling across country =from San Francisco to New Jersey. Somehow the humor gets more heavy-handed--a lot of emphasis on fat people. I did like some quiet Native American Indians.

The journal from Henry's trip across the country with the Glass family, telling of the sights they saw and the strange things which resulted when Henry and Midge became involved in innocent and blameless goings-on.
Series: Henry Reed, 2
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