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Hardback
Published: 30th September 2025
Paperback
Published: 30th September 2025
Paperback
Published: 30th September 2025
Iris And Walter
By (Author) Elissa Haden Guest
Illustrated by Christine Davenier
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
HarperCollins
30th September 2025
United States
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Rural and farm life
Hardback
48
In this Level Three I Can Read, meet Iristhe new kid in townand her soon-to-be best friend, Walter!
After a move, Iris is sure that life in her new home will be just awful. There's nothing to do and no one to play with. Iris will never be happy here. Then Grandpa suggests a walk. Down the road and around the bend, they discover a huge green tree, a secret hideawayand a boy named Walter. Maybe life far from the city won't be so lonely after all.
In the beloved Iris and Walter books, the two friends discover that everything is easier when you have a best friend by your side.
This Level 3 I Can Read! is written for independent readers and includes challenging words and more complex themes and stories.
"Iris and Walter will join Frog and Toad and Henry and Mudge in a prominent place on the easy-reading shelves." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"Splendid. Readers will delight in the youngsters' friendship." -- School Library Journal
"A knockout kickoff to a beginning reader series." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Christine Davenier lives in Paris. She has also illustrated the Very Fairy Princess books by the actress Julie Andrews and her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton.