What's New, Harper Drew?: Book 1

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Publication dates are subject to change (although this is an extremely uncommon occurrence overall). My daughter (who is 7) is slightly young for this book at the moment but this is just the sort of book she loves so I know it will be very popular in a year or two!

Explore our pick of the best children's books in February 2022 – from thrilling escape rooms to the surprising adventures of a crisp packet, there's something for every reader to enjoy! This black-and-white illustrated middle grade series is the perfect series for fans of Dork Diaries , with so much relatable school drama, tween catastrophes and general hilariousness.The lines are well spaced so will be easier to follow for those who lose their place on the page easily. Kathy’s new fiction series reveals the diary of Harper Drew and the frustrations, mishaps and headaches that crop up often with her crazy family and tricky friends at school. Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.

The first in Kathy Weeks's illustrated humorous trilogy for readers aged 9+ has a lot of fun with Harper's despair at the eccentricity of her family, although the journal format has been done to death in this age bracket. Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's pageview limit. On a scale of 0 to 10, how likely is someone to SAY or DO something that would be less sensible than (for example) . I bought this book for my ten year old daughter after it was recommended by Deborah James on her Instagram.

We follow Harper through the madness of her family's day-to-day life, the French holiday through to Maisie's birthday Festival. How many families have a burning wig, a colony of bats, and 50 tins of chicken chasseur to deal with in the space of one holiday? Her friends (and her choice of friends) are nicely created and drive through a refreshing story in a traditional device (diary). There’s a lot of pressure to get everything exactly right for Maisie’s big day, and Harper definitely doesn’t want to look like a weirdo. With this in mind she has worked with both primary and secondary schools on confidence and resilience building programmes for young people.

Sometimes it's hard to believe this is a regular week in my household, but I'll let you be the judge . I'm using my new journal to take note of all the totally ridiculous things that seem to go on around me with my family and friends.Harper is a zany, feisty and funny girl but she is smart enough to see through the madness which seems to be happening all around her.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The character of Harper is very relatable and the book is a warm and affectionate look at family and school life.Daughter laughed out loud throughout the book but also asked some pretty insightful questions after a bit of thought - some relevant issues about friendships/family came up quite regularly but in such a subtle and realistic way that she did not realise she was learning about relationships. Aleksei Bitskoff's illustrations are a great complement to the text and I did enjoy the humour in the text, which has some laugh out loud moments.