HARRY and the Lady Nexy Door

This was an unheard of series for me, but I am so happy we made the leap foe this one. A new bedtime favorite!

All of the Harry books are of consistently good quality, rather similar (Harry gets into trouble, there are misunderstandings, everybody gets along fine in the end). This one follows the formula as well as any. Harry just hates the shrill opera singing of the lady next door, and does everything he can to get her to shut up. It's funny and our little boy liked it very much; we read it together many times.

Although my daughter is only 2 she loves all the other Harry books so I got her this one even though it is a learn to read. She still loves listening to Harry's adventures.

Child Pleasing Read ~~~ Highly Recommended ~~~ 5 stars Poor Harry. Everything was going so well, until a new lady moved next door. Harry likes ladies, no problem there. But this new lady is an opera singer. And she has moved into the house right next to Harry's. And, she practices. She practices all day long. She sings loud and she sings high. Really, really high. And she sings really, really loud. The lady next door can sing louder than screaming cats, and the peanut vendor's whistle. She can even sing louder than a fire engine siren. Poor Harry, that singing hurts his ears. Harry does not like the tone. The tone is just too high and it is just too loud. Harry is determined to silence the lady next door. He bites the piano leg, he howls, he herds cows. Maybe if the lady hears the lovely L-O-W sounds cows make she will begin to sing the same low tones. That doesn't work. He brings a band, the tuba makes a lovely low sound. Nothing works. At last he steals the lady's music only to discover that the lady does not need the music, she keeps right on singing. At last the lady wins a contest and is offered an opportunity to study opera far, far away. Harry and his family go with the lady to say goodbye when she sets off in a big ship. As her ship sets sail, Harry can hear her singing. And then the ship's foghorn sounds. Harry was ecstatic, he thought it to be the most beautiful good-bye song he had ever heard! Harry and the Lady Next Door (An I Can Read Picture Book) is another in our collection of 'Harry' books. Fifteen pairs of bright eyes fill with delight as my resident critics hurry to get ready for 'reading on the rug.' Harry and the Lady Next Door has been staple in my K-1 classroom from the first weeks when I began teaching in California some twenty years ago. The children loved it then, they love it now. As a teacher, I particularly like the Harry books because the narrative presents Harry in a ticklish situation he works to solve, illustrations are low key and child friendly, no fussy over detailed or too bright images, in addition to a vocabulary aimed at beginning reader/listeners. Pictures are full of activity without being over drawn or excessively detailed. Images are created using straight forward, high-spirited strokes. Milieu are calm and indistinct with ample white space on the page. Children's eyes are drawn immediately to Harry and his endeavors. Children follow the narrative through listening and images, the book works well for discussion after the reading is finished; as well as for reading again as children tell the story to themselves from the illustrations. Harry and the Lady Next Door finds our beloved white dog with the black spots Harry, up to his ears in misery. My resident critics follow the tale with rapt attention, even though we have read the story before and they know what is coming their attention does not waver as they crowd close and 'talk' the story with me. Each scheme Harry comes up to get the lady to s

Parents and children will laugh out loud when they share this story of Harry and a quite untalented opera singer whose best quality seems to be VOLUME! Lassie and Rin Tin Tin couldn't do any better than Harry, although he struggles through some rough patches with all the mistakes he makes trying to accomplish his aim! Poor Harry seems to love everyone except the lady next door who sings that awful opera at the top of her lungs. She sings louder than the peanut vendor's whistle, fire engine siren and screaming cats. Now, that's really loud! Harry does everything he can to stop her, to no avail. But when Harry's neighbor wins a contest, she goes off on a ship to study opera in a far off land! As her ship sets sail, her singing proves to be even louder than the ship's foghorn. "Harry thought it was the most beautiful good-bye song he had ever heard!" Three cheers for Harry, one of the most adorable little guys we've ever read about!

Harry goes to desperate lengths to silence the lady next door - her singing is too high and loud. He howls, bits piano legs, steals music, chases cows and bands, but finally succeeds, to everyones' relief. Even the lady next door is happy.I read this as a child, as did my brothers. This is the first story that my 5 year old has shown an interest in reading by himself. Thanks Harry!