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The World According to Humphrey

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The World According to Humphrey is a cute story of Humphrey the hamster who lives in room 26 at an elementary school. It is fun for kids to see the world from his point of view, and with quirky sense of humour.

Humphrey is a curious hamster with some fun insights. He tries to help those around them and is always coming up with Plans.

Though there is an overall story, each chapter is almost like its own vignette about Humphrey's life in school and the weekends where he goes home with the kids.

This book will appeal to both boys and girls in about the grade 2-4 range, especially those who like animals.

My daughter's first grade teacher read this book to her class at the same time that the class adopted a hamster to keep in the classroom. All the students loved the book and my daughter asked me to check on Amazon.com to see if the author had written any other Humphrey books. She said it was the best book she'd ever read or had read to her.

Humphrey the hamster learns a lot about life - by observing the humans who care for him in his classroom. Each weekend he experiences a different student, learns to read, write and becomes nearly human himself in World According To Humphrey -- a fun hamster's-eye view of life and school.