Ricky Vargas, class clown, is about to wake up to a whole different version of himself. Known as the funniest kid in the world, Ricky can make his teacher and everyone else laugh all day long. But this day is different. When Ricky wakes up, he knows he is not his laugh loving self. No, today he is Ricky Vargas, Mr. Serious. Everyone at school is shocked. How can they bring their Ricky back?
Two more episodes comprise this page turner. In the second adventure Ricky enters the school talent show fairly confident he will take home the trophy. In the third adventure Ricky shows up to school to discover to his horror that his teacher is absent and in her place is the woman from the Mean College. She's a mean, mean, mean woman and she doesn't believe in laughing. What's the funniest kid in the world going to do?
Editor's Note: Lots of illustrations on every page make this a really quick read for reluctant readers.
76 pages Ages 6-10 978-0545313964
Recommended by: Barb Langridge, abookandahug.com
