Horrible Harry and the Wedding Spies
Written by Suzy Kline
Illustrated by Amy Wummer
How very exciting it is to have your teacher getting married! And it couldn’t happen to anyone better than our long- time friend, Horrible Harry. Of course, that in itself would cause many to worry. Things don’t always go well when Harry is involved.
His class finds out about her wedding day during a show and tell class but then realize they haven’t been invited. None of them! They do what any reader attached to this series will enjoy. They figure out a way to spy on the wedding from the balcony and then the belfry of the church.
Suzy Kline has again written an entertaining and true to life story that young, but independent readers will enjoy. Her gentle inclusion of everyday struggles in a classroom, like not getting invited to a birthday part, will be familiar to students, but she handles all the incidents with respect and humor.
Teachers, parents, or librarians can introduce this book by reading only a portion of it aloud. Literacy skills will be strengthened while children enjoy a fun read. It is also a great book to use for a family couch activity like, you read a page and I’ll read a page. Another way to enjoy it would be to have an older child read it to, or with a younger sibling.
Title: Horrible Harry and the Wedding Spies- Author: Suzy Kline
- Illustrator: Amy Wummer
- Publisher: Viking
- Reviewer: Elizabeth Swartz
- Format: Hardcover, 70 pages
- ISBN: 978-0-670-01552-8
- Genre: Fiction
- Grade level: 2 to 5