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Again, an unassuming, deeply affecting tribute to an essential philosopher and writer. Kirkus Reviews, Starred With a quiet humor and attention to natural settings, Johnson respectfully conveys Thoreau's philosophy of simplicity. Publishers Weekly, Starred The illustrations are both charming and a graphic tour de force...that evoke the many moods of a summer day. Horn Book Young readers will appreciate Henry's endeavors, and commisterate with him. School Library Journal Fans of the series will happily follow the amiable bear as he ambles the countryside. Booklist, ALA This title offers subtle reassurance that things that don't read like work can be quite important; kids who have had their diligent efforts to keep their worlds in order go unnoticed will feel a kinship with this observant, tireless bear. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Again, an unassuming, deeply affecting tribute to an essential philosopher and writer. Kirkus Reviews, Starred With a quiet humor and attention to natural settings, Johnson respectfully conveys Thoreau's philosophy of simplicity. Publishers Weekly, Starred The illustrations are both charming and a graphic tour de force...that evoke the many moods of a summer day. Horn Book Young readers will appreciate Henry's endeavors, and commisterate with him. School Library Journal Fans of the series will happily follow the amiable bear as he ambles the countryside. Booklist, ALA This title offers subtle reassurance that things that don't read like work can be quite important; kids who have had their diligent efforts to keep their worlds in order go unnoticed will feel a kinship with this observant, tireless bear. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books--No Source

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"D. B. Johnson has been a freelance illustrator for more than twenty years and has done editorial cartoons, comic strips, and conceptual illustrations for magazines and newspapers around the country. Mr. Johnson's first picture book, Henry Hikes to Fitchburg, was a New York Times bestseller and a Publishers Weekly bestseller, as well as an American Bookseller ""Pick of the Lists."" Henry Hikes to Fitchburg also won numerous awards, including the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Picture Books and the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award. Mr. Johnson and his wife, Linda, live in New Hampshire."

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