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Animals have fun with lessons learned; "Henry Hikes to Fitchburg" by D.B. Johnson (Houghton Mifflin, $15), ages 3 and up.(Arts and Lifestyle)

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From: The Boston Herald
Date: 20000806
Author:Miller-Medzon, Karyn

In "Henry Hikes to Fitchburg," New Hampshire writer D.B. Johnson spins a tale inspired by a passage from Henry David Thoreau's "Walden."

Thoreau reasoned that walking from Concord to Fitchburg was faster than riding, since one needn't spend time working for the train fare.

In Johnson's book, a bear named Henry bets his friend that he can walk the 30 miles to Fitchburg faster than the friend can ride there.

While Henry sets off on his journey (carrying essentials for nature observation such as a notebook for pressing flowers, a magnifying glass and a tele-scope), ...

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