Dear Mr. Henshaw audiobook

I like to imagine the replies from Mr. Henshaw. "Dear Leigh, Please stop writing to me every single day. I'm glad I impressed you, but you must cease and desist."

Dear Mr. Henshaw (Leigh Botts #1), Beverly Cleary Dear Mr. Henshaw first published 1983, is a juvenile epistolary novel, by Beverly Cleary. Every school year, Leigh Botts writes a letter to his favorite author, Boyd Henshaw. In the 6th grade, Leigh's class has an assignment to write letters to their favorite authors. Leigh includes all the questions he was given as a numbered list. Mr. Henshaw writes back, teases Leigh for not doing research, and includes more questions for the boy to answer. Leigh is angry and first refuses to answer. But when Leigh's mother finds out, she demands he show Mr. Henshaw the courtesy of a reply. Through his answers to Mr. Henshaw, Leigh's concerns and conflicts are revealed. He struggles with his parents' divorce, being the new kid in school, his relationship with a neglectful father, and a school lunch thief. In a later letter, Mr. Henshaw encourages him to keep a diary of his thoughts and feelings. Leigh is reconciled to the writer, and his new diary is at first written to a Mr. Pretend Henshaw. ...تاریخ نخستین خوانش: سال 1991 میلادیعنوان: آقاى هنشاو عزيز؛ نویسنده: بورلی کلییری؛ مترجم: پروین (فاطمه) علیپور؛ تهران، صدا و سیما: انتشارات سروش؛ 1370؛ در 110 ص، مصور؛ چاپ دوم 1376؛ موضوع: داستانهای نوجوانان از نویسندگان امریکایی - سده 20 مآقای هنشاو عزیز؛ رمانی کوتاه از نویسنده ی آمریکایی: «بورلی کلی یری» است. نامه های یک نوجوان ده ساله به نام «لی» به نویسنده ی مورد علاقه اش آقای هنشاو خیالی خویش است...؛ پدر و مادر «لی» به تازگی از هم سوا شده اند، پدر «لی» راننده ی کامیون است، «لی» عاشق نویسندگی ست، او به مدرسه میرود، و هر روز در زنگ ناهار، یکی بخش مورد علاقه ی از ناهار او را میدزد...؛ «لی» برای «هنشاو»، از درگیریهای ذهنی مینویسد، بیش از همه، از علاقه اش به نویسندگی میگوید، و نامه ی عجیب آقای «هنشاو»، مسیر زندگی «لی» را دیگر میکند...؛ ا. شربیانی

Rereading this book, I was struck with how Cleary manages to convey her narrator's complex of feelings in the limited vocabulary and understated style of Leigh Botts, a lonely and isolated young boy. Leigh faces several problems in the narrative--his lunch is stolen, he doesn't understand his parents' divorce, he resents a "pizza boy" whose mother Leigh's father seems to be dating--but none are neatly solved; Cleary refuses to resolve them conclusively and instead shows Leigh struggling to address them as best as he can, reflecting Leigh's use of his writing to understand and, perhaps, learn from the experiences. Eventually Leigh's interest in writing leads him to enter a contest by writing a "story"--a description, rather, of a ride in his father's truck--that only wins "Honorable Mention" and fails to attract the attention of his schoolmates, but a visiting author notices it and compliments Leigh for writing honestly about something he knows and has feelings about. Likewise, this novel is an honest account of what seem to be a genuine young boy's complex of feelings.

A brilliant book! Beverly does a fantastic job of showing how Leigh's writing changes as he keeps writing. At first it is short with little to say and by the end he is getting good at showing what happens. A simple story. This is similar to Crenshaw in several ways. This is a powerful story and I can't believe it took me this long to read it. There are great tips if children really want to be a writer too. Please get kids to read this. It's a story will enjoy.

Cleary does great with the voice of a middle school boy. I just would have loved a bit of back and forth. We only read from Leigh's letters/diary entries. I would have loved to hear from Mr. Henshaw too. I know that isn't the point, but it's what I wanted! haha.

I am currently reading Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary this book is very interesting and funny. Leigh Botts (the main character) writes letters to Mr. Henshaw because the book he is reading is by Mr. Henshaw. They have to do a report on the author of the book they are reading in class. Leigh and Mr. Henshaw write letters to each other about themselves. Leigh has a hard life because his parents got divorced and he lives with his mom. His mom and him don't have a lot of money so they struggle at times. You learn a lot about Leigh and Mr. Henshaw from the letters. This book is interesting and enjoyable because you learn about the characters and their personalities in the letters. I like this book because it is very descriptive and funny! I recommend it to anyone who likes to read a good and different book with instead of chapters there is letters. I would give this book five out of five stars!