Henry Winkler
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 1
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
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If You Like Captain Underpants, Read These!
Description
Fourth-graders Hank, Ashley, and Frankie are excitedly preparing for a magic show at the Rock 'N Bowl when Hank's creative alternative to an English essay lands him in detention and grounded the week of the show.
Author
Series
Here's Hank volume 1
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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Description
Hoping to land the lead in the class play, Hank freezes during his audition and is only able to buzz like a fly, inspiring his teacher to create a special role for him as a silent bookmark that saves the show when a rival suffers an attack of stage fright.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply thoughtful memoir of the lifelong effects of stardom and the struggle to become whole. Henry Winkler, launched into prominence as "The Fonz" in the beloved Happy Days, has transcended the role that made him who he is. Brilliant, funny, and widely-regarded as the nicest man in Hollywood (though he would be the first to tell you that it's simply not the case,...
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 3
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
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Description
Hank has never been fond of his sister's pet iguana, and their relationship worsens when she lays her eggs inside his science project.
Hank does not like science reports and when he does decide what to do he discovers his sister's pet iguana laid 18 eggs in the cable box that he was going to use.
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 2
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
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Description
Antics ensue after Hank throws his report card into a meat grinder.
Author
Series
Here's Hank volume 3
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When the principal has to be away from school at a conference, Hank's class agrees to take care of the principal's special pet frog, and Hank is chosen to take the frog home for the weekend.
Author
Series
Ghost buddy volume 2
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
With the help of his ghost friend, Hoover Porterhouse, Billy Broccoli wows his class with his "mind reading" skills, but Billy's newfound popularity leaves Hoover feeling left out.
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 4
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
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Description
The pressure is on when Hank Zipzer is chosen as pitcher for the softball team at Public School 87's annual Olympiad, the most anticipated day of the school year.
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 5
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Fourth-grader Hank, while on a field trip aboard "The Pilgrim Spirit," tries to learn knot tying in his own unique way, which causes unforeseen problems.
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 9
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
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Description
With the help of his grandfather, underachieving fifth-grader Hank Zipzer finally discovers that he is good at ping-pong, but he is afraid to tell his classmates for fear of being ridiculed.
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 10
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
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Description
Teased by the school bully because of his Halloween costume, underachieving Hank, with the help of his friends, exacts revenge by creating the scariest and grossest haunted house ever and inviting the bully to visit.
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 16
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
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Description
Hank's mother's baby is coming early, but Hank, his sister, and their father are trapped in a snowstorm in Vermont and in order to get home they use any means necessary.
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 7
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Fearing that he may be failing fourth grade, Hank enlists the help of his friends, and even his annoying younger sister, in an effort to prevent his parents from attending a parent-teacher conference.
Author
Series
Here's Hank volume 10
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Hank will need help from his father and friends if he is to help his second grade basketball team beat their arch rivals for the third year in a row.
15) Holy enchilada!
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 6
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
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Description
Efforts to impress a visiting student from Japan cause Hank to hide his dyslexia while the gang makes enchiladas for a Multi-Cultural Day lunch, and Hank is afraid he was very wrong about the amount of chili powder called for in the recipe.
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 11
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Failing fifth grade math, Hank must depend on Heather, the class brain, to help him get a "B" on the next test in order for him to be eligible to play the lead in the school play, "The King and I."
Author
Series
Here's Hank volume 12
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
When a well-known author visits their school, Hank and his two best friends get the chance to be her guide for the day and introduce her at an assembly, but the situation forces Hank to find creative ways to hide his struggles with reading.
Author
Series
Here's Hank volume 11
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Hank enters a robot-building contest at school and hopes to win a trophy, despite getting a late start, with help of Frankie, Ashley, and Jaden, a new friend and robot expert.
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 14
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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Description
Hank must decide whether to attend tae kwon do or an after school reading program run by his favorite teacher, and when he meets an interesting girl at "Reading Gym," he gets into a complicated situation that even has him lying to his father.
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 8
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
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Description
Stuck in summer school while his friends enjoy a "Passport to Hawaii," nearly-eleven-year-old Hank needs to earn an A on an oral report about Einstein in order to participate in Magik 3's talent show act at the luau extravaganza.