Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash vs No Roses for Harry!: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Spanish language materials, Fiction

Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash Trinka Hakes Noble · 1980 ★★★★☆ 4.0 32 pages · ≈ 36 min · Moderate

“"How was your class trip to the farm?"”

Jimmy's boa constrictor wreaks havoc on the class trip to a farm.

No Roses for Harry! Gene Zion · 1958 ★★★★☆ 4.3 32 pages · ≈ 36 min · Moderate

“Harry was a white dog with black spots.”

Harry the dog finds a graceful way to dispose of his new sweater with roses on it.

The verdict

Readers rate No Roses for Harry! highest: No Roses for Harry! 4.3 · Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash 4.0.
No Roses for Harry! has the widest readership — 9661 ratings behind its score.

	Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash	No Roses for Harry!
Goodreads	—	4.3 (9661)
Hardcover	4.1 (19)	4.1 (8)