Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night
   Cynthia Rylant
   Pictures by Suçie Stevenson
  1998 Simon&SchusterBooks/for Young Readers NY USA
   ISBN: 0689811756


In their seventeenth adventure book Henry and Mudge go camping with Henry's parent. Out at Big Bear Lake they take A Good Smelly Hike & have some sweet Green Dreams.

While Henry's mother organizes the trip because she's been a Camp Fire Girl & Henry's dad brings along his guitar & a willing back, Henry and Mudge imagine what they'll see on their camping trip.

On the long hike to Big Bear Lake they see all sorts of wonderful things & smell all sorts of interesting critters.

Once there they set up camp & have a grand evening of camp fire songs, marshmallows & star-gazing before snuggling down for a deep safe night's sleep.

A lovely read for youngsters - especially during those long, cold nights of winter. Delightful!

Cynthia Rylant's sense of humor & Suçie Stevenson''s forthright drawings combine to make a lasting adventure book.

The Henry and Mudge Books are many & varied: ...in Puddle Trouble ... Under the Yellow Moon ... and the Forever Sea ... Take the Big Test ... and the Wild Wind ... in the Family Trees ... etc.
(09/19/99)

Rebecca