Finally! A Humphrey book that lives up to the first book! I dare say this is my favorite book in the series so far.
It's summer, and Humphrey and Og find themselves at Camp Happy Hollow. (It was especially fun reading this book to the kids because their school is named Happy Hollow, too!) Some of the counselors and campers are familiar faces from Longfellow School, but there are plenty of new faces as well. I particularly liked reading about Humphrey's new friend Goldenrod!
With the new camp setting, this book has a lot of opportunities for all kinds of new lessons. One camper has a bad attitude because he doesn't think Happy Hollow is anywhere near as great as the camp he went to last summer. Another camper is homesick, and yet another isn't happy with the competitive nature of the Clash of the Cabins contest. I have to admit, in this day and age when every child gets a trophy just for showing up, I really liked that the Clash of the Cabins had one winning cabin that earned a prize that none of the other cabins got. There were lots of related lessons to learn, like how competitors can still be friends, and how a team should not rely on just one person to do all the winning, and how even when you aren't favored to win, you should still try your best and your hard work just might pay off. The author even managed to include a small bit in the end that allowed the losing cabins to not feel so left out, without actually taking anything away from the winners.
A really fun read!
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