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Henry Winkler Books

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holy enchilada my teacher has gas I got a D in salami how I survived visits her family road trip as the curtain went up my pants fell down the series began when Henry and I met for lunch at a restaurant at Hollywood I had the tuna salad you had the fish and it was horrible but what was excellent is our conversation and during that conversation Henry describe to me he is growing up. Where he he had learning disabilities and so we hatched the idea of writing a series that is Star as a kid who has learning differences but he's really smart and funny and resourceful and happy glass is half-full Zipzer Hank of course comes from my name Henry and zipser comes from a woman Ella zip who lived on the fourth floor of my apartment building the same apartment building and we thought it was as nippy name zipser Henry and I ride everywhere together In This Very office I sit at the computer because I type and he doesn't Lynn is always in her leather chair I sit on the couch in the rocking chair or I try and make sure that my shoe fits inside the lines of the boards in the parquet floor the first novel came out in 2003 the very last book of the series that is number 17 and it's called a Brand New Me Hank graduate from PS 87 he flies into a terror because everybody else has a middle school disabled apply to got an accepted two and he doesn't know if there's going to be a place for him if there's going to be a school that's right for him so that's that that's the journey that we follow him on in a Brand New Me is Willie or won't he go to Middle School will he or won't he get into the school of his choice which is a school for gifted and talented kids and I was just like to say I just noticed my partner shoes which I think a really great thank you very much I got them on sale but you did you have a good I could the most important thing for us in creating the series is to speak to kids and to let them know that inside each one of them they have a unique and special contribution that they can to the world and that there that their life journey is about finding that and if it's not just like everybody else's Journey that's fine there are many ways to get there a real nerve center of the books is that they're funny at all children get the message it doesn't matter you can succeed in life no matter what obstacle might be in your way there is a way around it there is a way to beat the obstacle and continue to your dream and that's for all kids absolutely

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