About the Book

When Henry's cousin, Annie, moves in next door, she's so nervous she breaks out in blotches! But Henry knows the perfect cure for moving-day jitters: curling up under a blanket with a big, friendly dog like Mudge.

Book Synopsis

In Henry and Mudge's eighteenth adventure, Henry's cousin Annie is moving -- right next door to Henry! Annie likes Henry and Mudge, but she's nervous about leaving her friends, and about changing schools, and about what might happen to her things on the moving truck. She's so nervous she's broken out in blotches. But Henry knows just the thing for a bad case of nerves -- a snuggle under a blanket with a big dog like Mudge!

From the Back Cover

In Henry and Mudge's eighteenth adventure, Henry's cousin Annie is moving -- right next door to Henry! Annie likes Henry and Mudge, but she's nervous about leaving her friends, and about changing schools, and about what might happen to her things on the moving truck. She's so nervous she's broken out in blotches. But Henry knows just the thing for a bad case of nerves -- a snuggle under a blanket with a big dog like Mudge!

[A] fresh and soothing entry that gets to the heart of a problem lots of children have to face. . . . Stevenson's exuberant art adds a great touch of comedy to a story that will make children long to have an intuitive cousin like Henry living in the house next door". -- Booklist

From the earliest stages of sounding out words to the excitement of reading a whole book without help, Ready-to-Read books open up a world of possibilities to children at three different levels:
-- LEVEL 1: STARTING TO READ
-- LEVEL 2: READING TOGETHER
-- LEVEL 3: READING ALONE

Review Quotes

"Kirkus Reviews" Warm, loving, and gently philosophical, these stories about an only child and his closest companion deserve a place in every library collection.

"School Library Journal" Bravo Henry and Mudge. May they go on forever!

"School Library Journal" There are four sparkling winners here: Henry and Mudge and Rylant and Stevenson.

"The Horn Book" The beginning reader couldn't ask for a better pair of companions.

About the Author

Cynthia Rylant is the author of more than 100 books for young people, including the beloved Henry and Mudge, Annie and Snowball, Brownie & Pearl, Motor Mouse, Hornbeam, and Mr. Putter & Tabby series. Her novel Missing May received the Newbery Medal. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

Suçie Stevenson is the acclaimed author and illustrator of more than fifty books for children and is best known as the illustrator of the popular Henry and Mudge books by Cynthia Rylant. She lives on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, with her little cocker spaniel, Gracie.