num_pages: 32
description: This is a charming story about one really bad monster who learns to change his ways. Written originally in French, and illustrated with delightfully ghoulish paintings by the Québecois artist known simply as Rogé, Taming Horrible Harry is a wonderful tale about the power of stories.At the gates of a beautiful forest, Harry the monster lies in wait. One day, as monsters are wont to do, he frightens a little girl, who runs away leaving behind a peculiar object. Harry picks it up, turns it over, bites it … spits it out, and throws it down in a fury! He wonders what kind of a thing he has found. As it turns out, the object is a book … and one way or another, Harry learns to read it, and his life is changed forever.This delightful story will enchant both young readers and their parents, teachers, and librarians, as they discover together, the magic of reading.
language: English
title: Taming Horrible Harry
titlecomplete: Taming Horrible Harry
genres: Picture Books, Childrens
ratings_count: 114
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Governor General's Literary Awards / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général
category: Littérature jeunesse — illustrations, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: OLA Forest of Reading Blue Spruce Award
publisher: Tundra Books