Hank Zipzer
Author
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Inspired by his own experiences with undiagnosed dyslexia, actor/director Henry Winkler presents this new series about the high-spirited and funny adventures of a fourth-grader with learning differences. When Hank Zipper has to write an essay on what he did over the summer, he decides instead to show what he did. Illustrations.
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 2
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Antics ensue after Hank throws his report card into a meat grinder.
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 3
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Hank struggles through the ups and downs of friendship and the circle of life when he has a fight with Frankie and his sister's iguana lays forty-five eggs in their cable box.
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Description
The pressure is on when Hank Zipzer is chosen as pitcher for the softball team at Public School 87's annual Olympiad, the most anticipated day of the school year.
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Fourth-grader Hank, while on a field trip aboard "The Pilgrim Spirit," tries to learn knot tying in his own unique way, which causes unforeseen problems.
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 6
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Efforts to impress a visiting student from Japan cause Hank to hide his dyslexia while the gang makes enchiladas for a Multi-Cultural Day lunch, and Hank is afraid he was very wrong about the amount of chili powder called for in the recipe.
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Fearing that he may be failing fourth grade, Hank enlists the help of his friends, and even his annoying younger sister, in an effort to prevent his parents from attending a parent-teacher conference
Inspired by the true life experiences of Henry Winkler, aka The Fonz, 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
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Stuck in summer school while his friends enjoy a "Passport to Hawaii," nearly-eleven-year-old Hank needs to earn an A on an oral report about Einstein in order to participate in Magik 3's talent show act at the luau extravaganza.
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 9
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
With the help of his grandfather, underachieving fifth-grader Hank Zipzer finally discovers that he is good at ping-pong, but he is afraid to tell his classmates for fear of being ridiculed.
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 10
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Teased by the school bully because of his Halloween costume, underachieving Hank, with the help of his friends exacts revenge by creating the the scariest and grossest haunted house ever and inviting the bully to visit.
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 11
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Failing fifth grade math, Hank must depend on Heather, the class brain, to help him get a "B" on the next test in order for him to be eligible to play the lead in the school play, "The King and I."
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 12
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Hank must work on a huge homework packet during a family trip to North Carolina or he will spend the day with his father at a crossword puzzle tournament rather than riding roller coasters with his mother, sister, and friend Frankie.
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 13
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Unhappy that his parents are expecting a baby and that his birthday party will be nothing special this year, fifth-grader Hank decides to celebrate by doing his favorite things, with only his new pet tarantula, Rosa, for company.
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 14
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Hank must decide whether to attend tae kwon do or an after school reading program run by his favorite teacher, and when he meets an interesting girl at "Reading Gym," he gets into a complicated situation that even has him lying to his father.
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 15
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Fifth-grader Hank enters his dachshund Cheerio in a contest to choose a new mascot for his school.
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 16
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Hank's mother's baby is coming early, but Hank, his sister, and their father are trapped in a snowstorm in Vermont and in order to get home they use any means necessary.
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 17
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Description
As he is preparing to attend middle school, Hank, who has learning differences and academic difficulties, gets an unexpected opportunity to audition for a performing arts school where his creativity and humor will be appreciated and nurtured.