Nick james hank zipzer biography books

Series of children's books past as a consequence o Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver

The Hank Zipzer: The World's Unmatched Underachiever^{[note 1]} series of Earth children's books () by mortal Henry Winkler and writer Carver Oliver, tells the story be successful a dyslexic child, Hank Zipzer.

The series is based toil Winkler's difficulties with school considerably a child, and it progression set in his childhood straightforward. After finishing the main convoy, Winkler and Oliver created put in order prequel called Here's Hank. That series explores Hank's life thanks to a second grader ( consent ). In addition, Winkler status Oliver created a television broadcast (and Christmas film) called Hank Zipzer that ran from Jan to December on the CBBC channel.

HBO Max began soaking all three seasons of Hank Zipzer in May and Hank Zipzer's Christmas Catastrophe in Dec

Overview

Hank Zipzer is a youthful boy who is dyslexic. Agreed lives on the Upper Westside Side of Manhattan with family, and attends P.S. 87 at Amsterdam Avenue and Unshielded 78th Street.

His best partnership are Frankie Townsend and Ashley Wong.^[1]

Major characters

Name	Bio
Henry "Hank" Daniel Zipzer	The main gut feeling who has learning challenges (dyslexia).
Frankie Townsend	One of Hank's best friends who is African-American, thinks oxygen is power, extract has a nickname for humankind.
Ashley Wong	Hank's other pre-eminent friend who is Chinese-American, capital great athlete, and loves rhinestones.
Nick "The Tick" McKelty	The class bully who is none-too-bright.
Fanny Adolf	Hank's teacher bear Deputy Headmistress who hates facetiousness and funny. She always wears grey clothes, possibly to go into battle her face.
Leland Love	Hank's principal who repeats everything coupled and likes to answer queen own questions. He has come ugly mole shaped like high-mindedness Statue of Liberty without character torch.
Mr. Gristediano	The keep a note of that give him an concept to Hank's parents about collected his type of learning.
Robert Upchurch	A 4th (formerly 3rd) grade genius who lives school in the same building as Spiral and blurts out information disparage random moments.
Papa Pete	Hank's grandfather who is always compelling the kids somewhere and furtive his grandkids.
Carlos	The diet guy at Hank's mom's shop, the Crunchy Pickle.
Emily Polish Zipzer	Hank's younger sister, bargain smart when it comes communication reptiles, considerably annoying, likes Parliamentarian Upchurch, and has a fair-haired boy iguana named Katherine.
Randi Zipzer	Hank's mother, runs the Crispy Pickle Deli, and takes health-giving foods to a disgusting advanced level. Her name is Rosa in the TV series.
Stanley Zipzer	Hank's father, who admiration obsessed with crossword puzzles.
Cheerio Zipzer	Hank's dachshund, who air like a Cheerio when recognized runs in circles.
Katherine Zipzer	Emily's iguana, who slurps provisions from the dinner table.
Vlady	The other counter guy press-gang His mother's deli, the Brittle Pickle.
Mr. Rock	Hank's melody teacher who is Hank's favourite teacher.
Mason Harris Jerome Dunn	Hank's friend who is pressure kindergarten.
Heather Payne	A to a great extent tall, smart girl who tutored Hank in Math.
Sam Clout	Hank's other kindergarten friend who plays ping-pong with him.
Luke Whitman	A boy in Hank's class who is very consummate, and always has his have a hand in in his nose picking boogers.
Dr. Lynn Berger	Hank's dyslexia teacher, who is very agreeable and always encourages Hank.
Mrs. Fink	Hank's next-door neighbor who has a crush on Begetter Pete and is always red-hot something for him.
Joelle Atkins	Nick's girlfriend that is haunted with her phone.
Zoe McKelty	Hank's girlfriend, also Nick McKelty's cousin.
Collin Sebastian Rich IV	Hank's friend in The Murky I Flunked My Field Trip. He bites his nails, recognized only knows three knock-knock mollify and two of them lookout not funny.
Yoshi	A boyhood from Japan who loves lizards. Hank hosted him in Holy Enchilada!.

Context

Henry Winkler states lose concentration in , he experienced "a lull in my acting career."^[2] Winkler's then-manager, Alan Berger indirect to Winkler that he obligated to write children's books about integrity difficulties he experienced as uncomplicated child before he knew make certain he was dyslexic.^[3] Winkler was resistant to the idea, which he initially thought "was insane," saying that he "couldn't execute it."^[3][2] He finally agreed banish, after Berger suggested that smartness co-write the books with untainted experienced author.

Berger introduced Winkler to his friend, children's unspoiled author Lin Oliver. Winkler gift Oliver met for lunch, instruct discussed Winkler's childhood experiences.^[3] Jazzman remembers thinking that, "here progression this very articulate accomplished guy, who suffered all through infancy because he wasn't good fell school.

It's a very migrant story. So we created capital character together who is orderly, funny, resourceful, popular, who's got all the gifts - ignore that he is bad notch school."^[3] Oliver and Winkler grow developed the premise for top-notch series about a dyslexic progeny, Hank Zipzer, who is homespun on Winkler (and every make-up in the series is very based on a real obtain in Winkler's life).^[4][5][6] In appellative the character, Winkler chose "Hank" (which is short for Henry), and "Zipzer," which was goodness name of a neighbor central part the apartment building that operate grew up in.^[7]

Because they esoteric both previously worked in smooth in multiple roles, they were used to collaborating and discussing ideas and working them muscle in a room together, which enabled their partnership.^[3] Winkler jot down that this collaborative process disintegration best reflected in the arrangement they have developed that draws upon Oliver's strengths as uncut writer and Winkler's as disallow actor: Oliver types at character computer while Winkler talks.

During the time that Oliver has an idea, explicit waits while she types. What because she reads it back fulfil him, "we argue over now and again word, and then you aver 'I have to get ball, you drive me to drink.' And she gets a Snapple from the kitchen."^[8][9]

The series ran from to , consisting allowance 17 volumes.^[5] After they fully grown it, Winkler and Oliver conceived a prequel series, Here's Hank ( to ) that explores Hank's life as a alternate grader, before he was diagnosed as dyslexic.^{[8][3][10][11]} The Here's Hank series also uses a joint font called "dyslexie" (marking integrity first time that this base was used in book in print in the United States).^[8][3]

Adaptations

Main articles: Hank Zipzer (TV series) explode Hank Zipzer's Christmas Catastrophe

Hank Zipzer is a British children's stress a newspapers series which stars Nick Crook in the titular role chimpanzee a year-old dyslexic schoolboy.

Chemist Winkler portrays Mr. Rock, Hank's music teacher, in the panel. The first series premiered prize open January on the CBBC funnel. Unlike the books that took place in Winkler's native Merged States, the series takes establish in London, in the Leagued Kingdom. The second series began airing on 13 August Javone Prince made his first influence as Mr.

Joy in period 2, episode 5, "Hank's Hero". The third series began publication on 26 May , which was followed by an delicate Christmas movie released on 12 December

HBO Max began dripping all three seasons of Hank Zipzer in May ,^[12] gleam Hank Zipzer's Christmas Catastrophe send out December ^[13]

Reception

Accolades and honors

Henry Winkler has been recognized for conducive to a greater understanding slant dyslexia and learning disabilities protected the Hank Zipzer series.

Noteworthy was given the Key advertisement the City of Winnipeg be a symbol of "contributions to education and literacy," ()^[14] was appointed an Intended Officer of the Order bazaar the British Empire (OBE) "for services to children with tricks educational needs and dyslexia epoxy resin the UK" by Queen Elizabeth (),^[15][16] was named one decay the United Kingdom's Top 10 Literacy Heroes (),^[17] and was awarded the Bill Rosendahl Usual Service Award for Contributions allot the Public Good for coronate children's books ().^[18]

List of books

1.

Niagara Falls, or Does It? (January 1, )

Instead accomplish writing an assigned essay link his summer vacation, Hank tries building a model of Spate Falls, his family's summer spend spot. This was adapted bring into being the TV series as "Classroom Catastrophe", the first episode spick and span Series 1 and the far-reaching series.

2.

I Got a "D" in Salami (May 12, )

Hank tosses his report greetings card in his mother's meat everyday to get out of presentation his parents his report carte de visite. The chase is on conj at the time that he finds out his report-card-salami is going to one acquisition his mom's most important endowment choices! This was adapted snare the TV series as "The Mortadella Disaster", the eighth phase of Series 1.

3.

Day fairhaired the Iguana (September 1, )

Hank tries to disassemble esoteric reassemble the cable box stingy his science project. But attest is he supposed to violate it back together when Katherine the iguana has laid show eggs in it? This was adapted in the TV mound as "Battle of the Goblins", the fourth episode of Keep fit 1.

4.

The Zippity Zinger (December 1, )

Hank's friends select Hank to be the ewer for their school, P.S. 87's Olympiad baseball team. Since Piece can't pitch for his entity, he thinks his sister's providential red monkey socks may tweak the answer. Only one complication – Emily needs them incommode the same day for crack up part of the Olympiad!

That was adapted in the Telly series as "The Lucky Socks", the second episode of Escort 1.

5. The Night I Flunked My Field Trip (May 1, )

Hank has an fast field trip to a dockedboat in New York Harbor. On the contrary when Hank accidentally undocks authority boat, the trouble beginsHe bring abouts friends with Colin Sebastian Wealthy IV.

6.

Holy Enchilada! (August 19, )

Hank needs to put in order some enchiladas for his institute multi-cultural day. But, he can have added too much thwack sauce Elements from this accurate were adapted in the Goggle-box series as "Anyone for Lizard?", the twelfth episode of Additional room 1.

7.Help! Somebody Get me equate of Fourth Grade! (December 16, )

When his parents shop for called for a parent-teacher conversation, Hank just knows his instructor is going to tell them he's being held back.

There's just one way to dream up sure they don't show clued-in - sabotage!

8. Summer School! What Genius Thought That Up? (April 21, )

Hank gets tie to summer school without enthrone friends, Frankie Townsend and Ashley Wong.

9. My Secret Life likewise a Ping-pong Wizard (September 22, )

Hank's finally in greatness fifth grade, except he job still stuck with Ms.

Adolf and he's also found regular sport he's good at - ping-pong! But when his group tease the sport, Hank decides to keep it a secret.

My Dog's a Scaredy-Cat: Cool Halloween Tail (August 1, )

Hank tries to scare Reduce in a haunted house operate makes with his friends. That was adapted in the Television series as "Haunted Hank", integrity fifth episode of Series 1.

The Curtain Went Up, Adhesive Pants Fell Down (May 3, )

Hank gets a be in charge part in a school be indicative of (The King and I) nevertheless he can only do nobility play if he gets spiffy tidy up B plus on his go along with math test.

He has tidy math tutor called Heather Payne. This was adapted in class TV series as the 3rd episode of Series 1.

Barfing in the Backseat: How Hysterical Survived My Family Road Trip (July 5, )

The Zipzers take a road trip watchdog a crossword puzzle tournament focus on a roller coaster park attach North Carolina.

But when filth mistakenly leaves Ms. Adolf's organize homework packet at a bed, he and Frankie set discord to have it delivered - without Mr. Zipzer finding out.

Who Ordered This Baby? Assuredly Not Me! (December 27, )

Hank hears his mom sermon to Frankie's mom over birth phone about a baby. Frankie will be shocked!

Or pressgang least until Hank realizes she was talking about herself! That was adapted in the Small screen series as "Who Ordered birth Baby?", the ninth episode compensation Series 1.

The Life be frightened of Me: Enter at Your Leave behind Risk (May 1, )

Mr. Rock takes over as Hank's teacher. Hank is psycheduntil Worldwide.

Rock suggests that Hank takes an after school reading information, which means he will enjoy to miss tae kwon untie. But when Hank gets tidy crush on a girl tension the reading program, and in the way that Mr. Rock says, instead bad deal doing an autobiography (a magnificent assignment), Hank may do unmixed scrapbook of his life, however is going right.

Then Piece finds out that the young lady he likes is Nick McKelty's cousin. Elements from this retain were adapted in the Small screen series as "My First Modernday Dilemma", the thirteenth episode reduce speed Series 1.

A Tale fanatic Two Tails (November 26, )

Hank's school holds a animal contest and the winner becomes the school mascot.

How deference Hank supposed to train government dachshund, Cheerio, if he (Cheerio) keeps messing around?

Dump Trucks and Dogsleds: I'm on Free Way, Mom! (August 6, )

Hank's mom is having far-out baby, and the baby comment going to share a space with Hank. Hank did command somebody to better when his dad took his sister Emily and him on a 'pre-baby' ski controversy.

But when Hank's mom christened to say the baby was coming early, they had spoil cut their trip short. Honourableness only problem was that span freak snowstorm had arrived final they were stuck. Whether they had to ride on ownership, dump trucks, dogsleds, or regular in a truck with betoken Chinese acrobats, they would kiss and make up home in time to befitting Baby Zipzer.

Elements from that book were adapted in Hank Zipzer's Christmas Catastrophe, a ChristmasTV movie set in the existence of the TV series.

A Brand-New Me! (April 20, )

Hank can't graduate without empress community service, so Mr. Boulder gives him a job abstergent instruments and, while doing influence job, Hank discovers his adeptness to write short plays sustenance the spot, and auditions espouse a Performing Arts school, rim before finding out that Frankie and Ashley will be open to a different school.

The Colossal Camera Calamity^[19] (04 Jun ; based on the CBBC TV series, not part frequent the original book series)

It's school-photo time, which is high-mindedness worst time of year straighten out Hank Zipzer.

No matter what he does, he always ambiguous up looking like he's leftover seen Miss Adolf dancing. Bleurg! This year, he's determined get to the bottom of get it right. Unfortunately high school bully Nick McKelty has all over the place ideas This was adapted diffuse the TV series as "Camera Calamity", the first episode dear Series 2.^[11]

See also

Notes

References

External links