Henry Possum Rlb

by Harold Berson

Book Overview

Until he meets a fox, a young opossum ignores all of his mother's warnings about the dangers of the forest. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517502976
• ISBN13: 9780517502976
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Age Range: 4 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 6

Customer Reviews

PLEASING READ FOR THE WEE ONES.

Henry Possum by Harold Berson was published in 1973 and is sort of an odd little book, are I say a bit quirky? I like it. Henry, a young possum simply would not listen to his mother while she was trying to teach him and his four brothers and sisters how to play dead. Henry was off humming and chasing butterflies. Try as she might she could not get Henry to pay attention or to take her seriously. All was well until one day, while setting in a persimmon tree, Henry, per usual, was paying no attention whatsoever, and fell from his mothers back to the forest floor; into a clump of honeysuckle, which suited Henry just fine. Henry suddenly figured out he was lost, after spending much time wondering around watching a lady bug, spying on a lizard, checking out a cocoon, listening to a woodpecker tapping for grubs on a tree and seeing the squirrels dashing about from limb to limb. Henry found the forest a rather scary place. Lucky for Henry, a friendly magpie gave him a shiny new flute to keep him company. Now as is my usual practice of not throwing any spoilers into my reviews, I will sort of have to stop here. I will say though that an unfortunate meeting with a sly gray fox, who did not have a proper appreciation for flute music, but did like possums; good grief, only too well, brought mom's lessons back into play very quickly. The story here is simply and whimsical. the art work, probably done in water colors is just off beat enough to be very interesting while staying pretty close to being anatomically correct as to the various creatures Henry meets on his journey. The pictures, one on each page, go quite well with the text and it is easy for the little ones to follow. This is another of those fantasies that we should not loose even it this one is long out of print. It is worth digging up and saving. How the Devil Gets His Due Don Blankenship The Ozarks