험프리의 학창시절

Abstract

Humphrey is a wise and friendly pet who loves writing poems. He lives in classroom 26 with Og, the frog. He loves his teacher and classmates and sympathizes with them. However, he is concerned about the bothersome things occurring in the classroom and so began to look into it. The new semester begins. Humphrey waited for his old friends but only new students showed up in the classroom. He is bewildered. So, he goes around the school at nights to search where his old friends are and while doing so he encountered a small trouble from accidently getting caught in the door. The class with the new students was problematic. The new students unlike the old ones were quite the trouble makers. Rosie in a wheelchair never bothers anyone for help while Holly loves to offer help to anyone who needs it. On the other hand, the new students like Harry is always late. Phoebe often forgets her homework. Thomas over-exaggerates everything and there's the confusing tall Paul and small Paul. Humphrey helps Mrs. Brisbane to settle the problem in his own little ways, such as replacing the teacher's role card and setting Harry's family clock ten minutes ahead of time. As time goes by, the class turned into the best one in their school. The author Birney achieved her purpose of leaving a good moral lesson and encouraging readers' imagination. She teaches the readers the importance of harmony and working together as a team. This book deserves to be highly valued in how it showcased actual daily happenings in a school using animals to spark reader's interest.