Birney grew up in St. Louis. She writes children's books and this Emmy winner has also worked on many children's television shows.
Birney's Humphrey books are beloved by kids everywhere. Humphrey, the pet hamster at Longfellow School, learns to read, write and help his fellow students in Room 26 with their problems.
What's Humphrey all about? Check out the first book in the series and you will be hooked.
"The World According to Humphrey" You can learn a lot about life by observing another species. That's what Humphrey was told when he was first brought to Room 26. And boy is it true There are always adventures in the classroom and each weekend he gets to sleep over with different students.
"Friendship According to Humphrey"When Humphrey the hamster returns to Mrs. Brisbane's class after the winter break, a new class pet and some other surprises give him an opportunity to reflect on the meaning of friendship.
Looking for something different?
"The Princess and the Peabodys"
When a medieval
princess appears out of a rusty box bought at a yard sale,
fourteen-year-old tomboy Casey Peabody and her family are stuck with her
royal snobbiness until the young wizard who had trapped her there
figures out the spell to send her home.
"Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" When Eben McAllister reads about the Seven Wonders of the World, he
longs to escape the small farming community of Sassafras Springs and do
some exploring of his own. All that changes when his pa, challenges him
to find Seven Wonders in Sassafras Springs that can stand up to the real
Seven Wonders of the World.
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