Another children’s book! This time a 3* read.
‘I wanted to read Henry Hodges Needs a Friend because my son has struggled with making friends at school, and although things are much better now I still felt that it would be good to read a book about it.
Little Henry is sad because he has no friends, so his parents take him to a rescue centre and he finds the perfect dog who becomes his best friend. Sounds lovely doesn’t it? What’s not to like? Well actually I didn’t like some of it. There were no attempts to help Henry make friends, and while I think that it’s absolutely wonderful that Henry has his dog to be his friend, I don’t think that should be portrayed as a good solution for a child struggling to make friends. It’s a bit like ‘you have no one to play with? I know, let’s get a dog!’
So while it’s a sweet little story it is not something that I will read for my son, he’d be on at me to get a dog!!
I received a copy of Henry Hodges Needs a Friend from the publishers via Netgalley in return for an honest review.
If only I could read faster 