Harriet The Spy

from angharad_reads

Classic story of the eleven-year-old writer who constantly observes people -even when they don't know it- and is perpetually jotting down facts and all her impressions. I started reading this book because I wanted to read about Harriet: a bold, unapologetic pre-teen. I was amused by how blogger-l...

from PatsyMurray

Harriet the Spy is one of the greatest children's novels ever written. It is a true classic. In the 1970s my father, who was blind, when to NIH for an operation. He shared a room with a crusty old Navy man. One afternoon my Dad was listening to Harriet on records. His roommate spoke up and said, ...

from foggidawn

Harriet M. Welsch is going to be a writer some day. For now, she is observing everything she can, from her family to her classmates to the neighbors she observes on her "spy route." She writes candidly (and often cruelly) in her notebook, but when that notebook is discovered and read by her class...

from francescadefreitas

I barely remember reading this book when I was little, but on rereading it, I realised how large an impact it must have made. Several ideas I hold dearly come almost directly from the main character. As well as going to school and hanging out with her friends, Harriet practices being a spy, writi...

from DanaJean

This book is one of my all-time favorites. As a child, I wanted to be just like Harriet, so I walked my neighborhood and observed. Although I never had the balls to actually hide in someone's dumbwaiter. Of course, I knew no one who even had a dumbwaiter, so I guess that's a moot point. Anyway, I...