Then Harriet loses track of her notebook, and it ends up in the wrong hands.

In her notebook, she writes down everything she knows about everyone, even her classmates and her best friends. Publication date: First published in 1964 What better way to snap out of a reading fugue than to take a mini-vacation into the past? We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped) books. Discover more books like Harriet the Spy by following along with our reviews and articles tagged with Classics, Humor, Louise Fitzhugh, and Spy Books.Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. Harriet the Spy, written by Louise Fitzhugh, was reviewed by Bianca Schulze. These classics delight readers year after year. Her books Harriet the Spy, The Long Secret, and Sport have been acclaimed as milestones of children’s literature. She attended Bard College, studied art in Italy and France, and continued her studies in New York at the Art Students League and at Cooper Union.

Louise Fitzhugh (1928–1974) was born in Memphis, Tennessee. Yes, this is a must-read book!Īdd this book to your collection: Harriet the Spy Everyone, even grownups, can learn from her mistakes and bad manners. Harriet the Spy is an incredibly funny book-anyone who has ever felt like an outsider will certainly relate to Harriet. And even though this book was first published in 1964 it is withstanding the test of time.

Louise Fitzhugh is a talented writer and she has delivered an extraordinarily real character that kids just love. Could the only way to make amends and find happiness be through her writing? When Harriet learns that Ole Golly is no longer going to be her nanny her life begins to turn upside down-especially when she loses her notebook during a game of tag at school and her classmates find it and discover all of the truthful, matter-of-fact awful things she has written about them. Encouraged by her nanny, Ole Golly, to observe people and write about what she sees to master her writing skills, Harriet follows an afternoon “spy-route” and writes down everything she notices about her friends, neighbors, and classmates in a secret notebook. She is a precocious and incredibly curious eleven-year-old that aspires to be a writer. What to expect: Reality Fiction, Friendships, HumorĪs the title suggests, Harriet M. Publisher: Yearling (May 8, 2001, Reprint) The Children’s Book Review | JanuHarriet the Spy

Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh