num_pages: 32
description: 25TH ANNIVERSARY LARGE FORMAT EDITION ON HIGH-GLOSS ART PAPER OF A PICTURE BOOK NURSERY CLASSIC THAT HELPED MILLIONS OF CHILDREN TO BECOME READERS. WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY ROBERT QUACKENBUSH, AUTHOR/ARTIST OF OVER 200 BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS, IT IS THE HILARIOUS TALE OF A DISASTER-PRONE DUCK, NAMED HENRY, WHO ATTEMPTS TO CHASE AN ANT OUT OF HIS HOUSE. ABOUT THE BOOK, REVIEWER STEVE COOPER (BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS, JUNE 2002) SAID, "HENRY THE DUCK HELPED MY CHILDREN BECOME READERS"..."MENTION OF HENRY RECALLS OUR FAMILY JUGGLING TOWERS OF TITLES ON LIBRARY TREKS, AND SWEET MOMENTS WHEN WE ALL SNUGGLED IN BED WITH A BOOK..." IN MAY 2005, THE MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW SAID,"SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY LIBRAIES WOULD BE WELL ADVISED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ONCE AGAIN HAVE HENRY'S AWFUL MISTAKE ON THEIR SHELVES AND AVAILABLE TO A NEW GENERATION OF BEGINNING READERS."
language: English
title: Henry's Awful Mistake
titlecomplete: Henry's Awful Mistake
genres: Juvenile, Fiction, Humor, Classics, Birds, Childrens, Food, Cooking, Picture Books, Animals
ratings_count: 502
series: Henry the Duck
publisher: Robert Quackenbush Studios