Издания и произведения

В повести рассказана история мальчика-подростка Ли Боттса, который переписывается с автором детских книжек мистером Хеншоу. В будущем Ли мечтает купить печатную машинку и стать знаменитым писателем, но пока у него не получается придумать даже рассказ для школьного конкурса юных сочинителей. Всё дело в том, что в семье Боттсов произошли перемены.

Anyone who can write a book called "Ways to Amuse a Dog" must be something special. Or so Leigh Botts thinks. But when Leigh sends the author a list of questions, he is rather taken aback to receive a new list of questions returned. This book won the Newbery Medal.

Beverly Cleary’s timeless Newbery Medal-winning book explores difficult topics like divorce, insecurity, and bullying through the thoughts and emotions of a sixth-grade boy as he writes to his favorite author, Boyd Henshaw. After his parents separate, Leigh Botts moves to a new town with his mother. Struggling to make friends and deal with his anger toward his absent father, Leigh loses himself in a class assignment in which he must write to his favorite author. When Mr. Henshaw responds, the two form an unexpected friendship that will change Leigh’s life forever. From the beloved author of the Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby, and…