Read Series: Hank Zipzer
by Author Henry Winkler
Barfing in the Backseat: How I Survived My Family Road Trip (2007)
Hank?s dad has decided to enter a crossword-puzzle tournament, and he wants to make a family road trip of it! So the family piles into the car?along with Frankie and Katherine the iguana (Hank and Emily each get to bring a ?friend?). When they reach their destination, they?ll get to spend the day...
I Got a D in Salami (2004)
It's report card day-the most dreaded day in Hank's school year. And when Hank gets his grades, they're his worst nightmare come true: a D in spelling, a D in reading, a D in math. After school, Hank and his friends go to his mom's deli. His mom is on the prowl-she knows a report card day when sh...
Day of the Iguana (2001)
Inspired by the true life experiences of Henry Winkler, whose undiagnosed dyslexia made him a classic childhood underachiever, the Hank Zipzer series is about the high-spirited and funny adventures of a boy with learning differences. It's science project time in Ms. Adolf's class. This is good n...
My Dog's a Scaredy-Cat: A Halloween Tail (2006)
On Halloween day, Hank comes to school dressed in what he thinks is the perfect costume-a table in an Italian restaurant. Nick McKelty, the resident school bully (dressed in a total blood and guts costume), thinks Hank's costume is wimpy and that Hank wouldn't know how to be scary and gross if hi...
Holy Enchilada! (2004)
Sometimes we make judgments about a person based upon their looks, actions, speech and even their nationality. When we hear the word, disability, we might assume the person with a disability is weird or dumb. People from other countries are often considered peculiar and even unpleasant.The Oxford...
Summer School! What Genius Thought That Up? (2005)
Summer school are two words in the English language that Hank Zipzer doesn't want to learn. But there's no getting out of this one for Hank-summer school, here he comes! Will Hank have to spend the summer bored to death inside a sweltering classroom, or will he actually learn a cool lesson or two?
The Night I Flunked My Field Trip (2004)
Hank is thrilled about the "Best Field Trip of the Year"-everyone from Ms. Adolph's class gets to spend the night on an old-fashioned three-mast sailing ship in New York Harbor! And Hank gets even more excited when the ship's captain chooses him to be the first mate. But being first mate is not...
The Zippity Zinger (2003)
Hank Zipzer sees himself as an academic and athletic loser although he's optimistic and cheerful by nature, with parents who help him to achieve as best he can and good friends who accept him as he is. A bratty sister,her spoiled pet iguana, and a school bully keep the book from being too sweet....
Help! Somebody Get Me Out of Fourth Grade (2004)
Young Reader Reaction: I like this series, and this is another good Hank Zipper story. It just isn't my favorite. I would recommend all second graders and up to read this book especially the fourth graders since they can relate to it. This book is very funny because it shows how adults are always...
My Secret Life as a Ping-Pong Wizard (2005)
Hank thought that getting through summer school to get to the fifth grade would be hard enough, but little did he know that it would get worse! Everyone in the fifth grade is starting to focus on a sport—and they’re really good. Everyone, that is, except Hank. When Papa Pete suggests that Hank ta...