Harriet, You'll Drive Me Wild! Explained
| Harriet, You'll Drive Me Wild! |
| Border: | yes |
| Author: | Mem Fox |
| Illustrator: | Marla Frazee |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Children's picture book |
| Published: | 2000 (Hodder Children's)/ Harcourt, Inc. (United States) |
| Media Type: | Print (hardback) |
| Pages: | 30 (unpaginated) |
| Isbn: | 9780733613128 |
| Oclc: | 988929205 |
Harriet, You'll Drive Me Wild! is a 2000 children's picture book by Mem Fox and Marla Frazee. It is about a young girl, Harriet, who tries her mother's patience.
Reception
A reviewer in the New York Times wrote "as always, Fox writes with a light touch" and called the illustrations "delicate",[1] while Common Sense Media found it a "simple story (that) isn't quite right for (its) target audience".[2] The Horn Book Magazine wrote: "A most successful team effort that is welcome for its acceptance of both a child's penchant for trouble and a parent's occasional outbursts-both happen, "just like that", and both will be forgiven".[3]
Harriet, You'll Drive Me Wild! has also been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews,[4] Publishers Weekly,[5] Booklist, School Library Journal, and Library Talk Reviews.[6]
It received a Parents' Choice Award silver honor[7]
External links
Notes and References
- News: Heather Vogel Frederick . 13 August 2000 . Books: Harriet, You'll Drive Me Wild! . The New York Times . 22 May 2018.
- Web site: Harriet, You'll Drive Me Wild! . Jennifer Gennari . www.commonsensemedia.org . Common Sense Media Inc . 22 May 2018.
- Web site: Harriet, you'll drive me wild . catalog.wccls.org . 22 May 2018.
- Web site: Harriet, You'll Drive Me Wild! . 15 April 2000 . Fox's sympathetic tale reassures readers that mistakes and angry outbursts do not alter the loving relationship between parent and child. Frazee’s lively illustrations sparkle as each of Harriet's little episodes is depicted in humorous detail. . Kirkus Reviews . Kirkus Media LLC . 22 May 2018.
- Web site: Harriet, You'll Drive Me Wild! . All this authenticity, however, adds up to something less than compelling--the book ultimately feels more like a parenting article than something children will clamor to hear and see again. . 3 April 2000 . Publishers Weekly . PWxyz LLC. 22 May 2018.
- Web site: Harriet, You'll Drive Me Wild . kcls.bibliocommons . 22 May 2018.
- Web site: Parents' Choice Awards: Books: Picture Books . parents-choice.org . Parents' Choice Foundation . 22 May 2018.
