Horrible Harry and the Scarlet Scissors by Suzy Kline

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    First published in 2012 by Viking, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group
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    Text copyright © Suzy Kline, 2012
    Illustrations copyright © Viking Children’s Books, 2012
    Illustrations by Amy Wummer
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    Kline, Suzy.
    Horrible Harry and the scarlet scissors / by Suzy Kline ; illustrated by Amy Wummer.
    p. cm.— (Horrible Harry ; 28)
    Summary: “The kids in Room 3B are asked to draw posters of things that they love, and one
of them will get to share his or her poster on TV”— Provided by publisher.
    ISBN: 978-1-101-57203-0
    [1. Contests—Fiction. 2. Drawing—Fiction. 3. Schools—Fiction. 4. Behavior—Fiction.] I. Wummer, Amy, ill. II. Title.
    PZ7.K6797Hnsc 2012   [E]—dc23   2011035952
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    ALWAYS LEARNING
    PEARSON

To my beautiful granddaughter,
Kenna Rose Hurtuk,
who had lots of fun making an art poster
at her school. Keep being a wonderful writer!
    I love you,
    Gamma

Special appreciation to…
    Noah Wallace School in Farmington, Connecticut, for inspiring this story. I loved the unicorn posters in the hallways!
    And heartfelt appreciation to Randy Sparks and Barry McGuire, of the New Christy Minstrels, for allowing me to use the lyrics from their wonderful song “Green, Green.”
    And to many Southwest School students in Torrington, Connecticut, for responding to the quotation
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
.
    And appreciation for two great thinkers: Plato, who inspired the famous quotation in this book, and Leo Tolstoy, who wrote the wonderful essay “What Is Art?”
    I also want to thank my dear husband, Rufus, for his valuable suggestions.
    And very special thanks to my perceptive editor, Leila Sales, for the conversations we had about this book. Her thoughtful criticism and questions greatly helped me write this story.

Harry the Horrible Artist

    M y name is Doug. I write stories about my friend Harry and me in Room 3B. I never thought I’d be writing about an art show.
    Harry and art?
    Are you kidding?
    Harry and I are not good artists. Actually, Harry is a horrible artist. And although he loves horrible things, he can’t draw them. His pictures of snakesand worms look like sticks. So if you