Book Descriptions
for Return to Sender by Kevin Henkes
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Because the neighborhood mail carrier Barney realizes that young Whitaker Murphy's letters to his hero Frogman are the result of an active, trusting imagination, Barney answers them. A carefully chosen typeface, occasional small drawings and page layouts with ample white space enable newly independent readers to enjoy a "chapter book," by this author from Racine, Wisconsin. (Ages 7-11)
CCBC Choices 1984 . © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1984. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
This gentle and funny middle grade book from Newbery Honor author Kevin Henkes will appeal to fans of Frindle by Andrew Clements and Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary.
When Whitaker writes a letter to Frogman, a TV superhero, his family laughs, but they stop laughing and start wondering when he receives an answer...
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.
