Harriet the Spy
by Louise Fitzhugh
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“As a child, my favorite book was probably Harriet the Spy. That was such a great book because it was not about how cute she was. In fact, she wasn?t especially adorable or anything. She was such just an adventurous city kid and she had weird confidence even though she wasn?t that popular. She was a nosy little chubby kid who was special, and it was always one of my favorite books growing up. | As a child, my favorite book was probably Harriet the Spy. That was such a great book because it was not about how cute she was. In fact, she wasn’t especially adorable or anything. She was such just an adventurous city kid and she had weird confidence even though she wasn’t that popular. She was a nosy little chubby kid who was special, and it was always one of my favorite books growing up. | I said “had to” like it was a bad thing. Harriet the spy is a great book. Iconic. I read it so many times.”
Source →Recommended by 3 notable people, including Gretchen Rubin and Mindy Kaling
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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in For 9 Year Olds, Most Recommended Books, and Fiction.
Harriet the Spy has a secret notebook that she fills with utterly honest jottings about her parents, her classmates, and her neighbors. Every day on her spy route she "observes" and notes down anything of interest to her:I BET THAT LADY WITH THE CROSSEYE LOOKS IN THE MIRROR AND JUST FEELS TERRIBLE.PINKY WHITEHEAD WILL NEVER CHANGE. DOES HIS MOTHER...
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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in For 9 Year Olds, Most Recommended Books, and Fiction.
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Mindy Kaling
“As a child, my favorite book was probably Harriet the Spy. That was such a great book because it was not about how cute she was. In fact, she wasn?t especially adorable or anything. She was such just an adventurous city kid and she had weird confidence even though she wasn?t that popular. She was a nosy little chubby kid who was special, and it was always one of my favorite books growing up. | As a child, my favorite book was probably Harriet the Spy. That was such a great book because it was not about how cute she was. In fact, she wasn’t especially adorable or anything. She was such just an adventurous city kid and she had weird confidence even though she wasn’t that popular. She was a nosy little chubby kid who was special, and it was always one of my favorite books growing up. | I said “had to” like it was a bad thing. Harriet the spy is a great book. Iconic. I read it so many times.”
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Consider Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss. Recommended by 8 sources.
“Bright, brisk and illustrated, Oh, the Places You'll Go! reads like a short graduation speech in sing-song verse — ideal for a read-aloud. Its useful part is concentrated encouragement: simple metaphors of travel, hills and valleys and triumphant forward motion that land quickly with young listeners and make a tidy gift for milestone moments. The main limitation is its brevity and generality; older readers or anyone wanting concrete guidance or nuance will find it sentimental and abstract rather than practical.”
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