The Happy Hocky Family

by Lane Smith

Book Overview

A series of short silly stories takes a humorous look at the activities of various members of the Hocky family. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670852066
• ISBN13: 9780670852062
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Viking Children's Books
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.6" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 3 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

This book is magic

I loved reading the Happy Hocky family to my both of my children. Just as my daughter was approaching school age, I saw her reading the Happy Hocky family. It was the first independent reading she did.Yesterday evening my son, who is the same age now, got the HHF out of the bookcase... and read a bit of it to me.So, both of them have started independent reading with the same book.I think the "magic" is in the fact that the repetition helps kids get their heads around the reading part -- while the dry humour helps the parents come back to the book where if it were real Dick and Jane stuff, they wouldn't be able to stand it. If your children are in the age group 3-5 I strongly suggest you get this book. It's a reading magnet.

A GREAT KIDS BOOK-- FOR ADULTS.

This book is very funny and well animated. It is filled with a lot of dry humor that will probably go over the childs head. As I read it to my kids, I couldn't keep myself from laughing. This book is stinking funny!

This book is one that the whole family will love.

We have never read a funnier childrens book as this one. You and your whole family will laugh out loud together.

Lane Smith rules!

My name is Carolyn Garcia, and I have a book coming out called Moonboy. Lane Smith is someone who has greatly inspired me and I think he is the best children's book illustrator/author out there.

clever and fun book for ages 3 to adult

When I see that a children's book has been written and illustrated by the same person, I ususally find some weakness in the story line or the visual presentation. Lane Smith has beat the pattern and authored a unique and entertaining book that caused my three children (ages 3, 11, and 12)to laugh out loud. The illustrations are marvelously spare, yet masterfully efficient in portraying the Happy quirky Hocky family. Did I tell you that I laughed out loud as well? I love sophisticated humour for kids; this is a fun book. I hope Lane Smith gives us more Hocky Family stories.