It's no secret that Harriet the Spy is a timeless classic that kids will love! Every day can be an adventure if you just look carefully enough!
Harriet M. Welsch is a spy. In her notebook, she writes down everything she knows about everyone, even her classmates and her best friends. Then Harriet loses track of her notebook, and it ends up in the wrong hands. Before she can stop them, her friends have read the always truthful, sometimes awful things she’s written about each of them. Will Harriet find a way to put her life and her friendships back together?
"What the novel showed me as a child is that words have the power to hurt, but they can also heal, and that it’s much better in the long run to use this power for good than for evil."—New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot
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"This book, i think, was THE catalyst in my reading material in the forth grade. I remember every day looking forward to the story hour, then borrowing it , then finally owing it.After this book I moved on to the Judy blumes and such, leaving children's lit behind me. A life changer and one of my all time favorites"
— Bradley (5 out of 5 stars)
I don’t know of a better novel...that made more readers of my generation want to become fiction writers. I love the story of Harriet so much I feel as if I lived it.
— JONATHAN FRANZEN, author of Freedom and The CorrectionsHarriet the Spy bursts with life.
— School Library JournalThe characterizations are marvelously shrewd.
— The BulletinA New York Public Library's 100 Great Children's Books 100 Years selection
Finding Harriet as a young writer in the mid 1960s was inspiring. It meant I wasn’t the only one who wanted to tell stories about kids who were real.
— JUDY BLUME" I loved this book when I was a kid. I wanted to be a spy. I even bought a notebook to record all of my spying adventures. Turns out my life wasn't as exciting as Harriet's. But I still love this book! "
— Angie, 2/11/2014" One of the first books I read that made me laugh out loud. A lot. One summer at Small Point. "
— Ruth, 2/3/2014" This is why I write. "
— Craig, 2/2/2014" When I was a little girl I loved this book so much that I felt inspired to start spying on all of my neighbors. I got in such trouble! It was worth it to have read such a wonderful book! "
— Rita, 1/27/2014" This was one of the best books I ever read...at age 10, maybe? Harriet has independence, tenacity and adventure. Very fun! "
— Jane, 1/23/2014" My favorite book as a child. I WAS supposed to be a spy when I grew up! :) "
— Theresa, 1/14/2014" Another great book for children. "
— Trixi, 12/27/2013" I was never much of a reader until high school. Thus, as a college girl I discovered these books and enjoyed them in my arrested development. "
— Robyn, 12/1/2013" I loved Harriet as a kid, and I have to say the book holds up. Engaging, funny, thoughtful. Hooray! "
— Josephine, 11/30/2013" The first book that ever took me from reality and transported me to "somewhere else". I reread it and reread it and I think I ate tomato sandwiches for months. "
— Renee, 11/18/2013" What an exhausting read! I don't know why I didn't enjoy this book as much as I wanted to. Ole Golly was my favourite character and in a way I sorta hated everyone else. I didn't like the ending either :/ Maybe classics just don't do it for me mehhhh "
— Shahidah, 11/11/2013Louis Fitzhugh (1928–1974) was a children’s author and illustrator. She is best remembered for her Harriet the Spy books, which have been acclaimed as milestones of children’s literature.
Anne Bobby has worked extensively in television and audiobook narration. Her acting credits include appearances on such television shows as Law & Order, As the World Turns, Mad About You, and Cop Rock. Among her narrations are the Katie Kazoo series by Nancy Krulik and the Harriet the Spy series by Louis Fitzhugh.