Dear Mr. Henshaw By Beverly Cleary

1
Dear Mr. HenshawBy Beverly Cleary

• Presented by
• Heather Olsen, Corinne Zanolli, Avi Shah, Reilly
  Wright, and Max White

2
Setting

• Leighs school in Bakersfield
• The mobile home Leigh used to live in
• Leighs tiny cottage in Bakersfield
• Leighs new friend, Barrys house
• The gas station next to Leighs house
• The butterfly grove that Leigh visits
• The hardware store Leigh went to

3
Characters

• Leigh Botts-A lonely boy, likes to write letters
  to Mr. Henshaw.
• Mom-works in a catering company, trying to
  become a nurse, divorced.
• Mr. Henshaw-writes back to Leigh, very creative,
  funny.
• Barry-Leighs friend, kind, funny, energetic,
  understanding about divorce.
• Dad-a trucker , divorced, doesnt pay that much
  attention to Leigh.

4
Plot

• They live in a mobile home
• Leighs mom and dad get divorced
• Leigh starts to write to Mr. Henshaw
• Leighs dad sends him a present for Christmas
• Leigh starts to write in a diary
• Barry comes to his house
• He writes for the yearbook

5
Conflicts/Resolutions

• Leigh becomes a victim of a lunch bag thief.
• Leigh figures out a way to solve this, so read
  the book to find out.
• Leigh has to deal with divorced parents.
• He lives with his mom and hardly sees his dad.

6
Review by Heather

• I give this book 4 stars out of 5 stars.
• I gave 4 out of 5 stars because it wasnt the
  best book Ive read but it was good.
• My favorite part was the end but I cant tell
  you what happened because its a surprise.
• I said, This book is really good and I hope you
  enjoy it if you ever read it.

7
Review by Corinne

• I give this book 4 out of 5 stars.
• I give this rating because I liked this book but
  it wasnt my number one favorite.
• My favorite part was when Leigh starts to write
  in his diary.
• Corinne said, This book is very good and a lot
  of people would like it.

8
Review by Reilly

• I give this 4 stars out of 5.
• I gave it that because its not my favorite book
  but I still recommend it.
• My favorite part was the ending because it was
  really happy, if you want to know what happens
  you have to read the book.
• I really hope you like this book because I did.
• Reilly says, In the beginning it was sad but in
  the end it was happy.

9
Review by Max

• I give this book 3 stars out of 5.
• I give this book 3 stars because it wasnt my
  favorite book.
• I liked the part when Leigh made his own
  invention , but you have to read the book to find
  out the invention.
• Max said, This book was ok.

10
Review by Avi

• I give this book 3 out of 5 stars.
• I give it 3 out of 5 stars because it is an okay
  book, but not bad.
• My favorite part was when Leigh made friends
  with Barry because I thought it was nice to see
  Leigh with a friend.

11
The End