by Barb Langridge | Jun 29, 2009 | Picture Book
This is a great early reader as well as being a fun, simple picture book. Meet Cowboy and Octopus as they begin their friendship. It will take them through the playground, across a few bowls of well-intended beans, around a couple of knock-knock jokes and to the...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 29, 2009 | Picture Book
Having narrowly escaped the ‘Math Curse,” our valiant hero is now beset with hearing “the poetry of science in everything.” Jon Scieszka had a really wonderful time taking all sorts of familiar poems and re-writing them with humor and science in mind. You may know...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 29, 2009 | Picture Book
And then they lived happily ever after – so ends the fairy tale of the Frog Prince. He has just been kissed by the Princess and has become a handsome prince. This is where our tale begins. Unfortunately, things are not all roses and flies for our Froggy friend and his...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 29, 2009 | Picture Book
It all began the Monday Mrs. Fibonacci said, “You know, you can think of almost everything as a math problem.” After that, everything was a problem. You wake up in the morning and start adding your shirts and counting your teeth and wondering how many flakes are in...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 29, 2009 | Picture Book
We are having fun now. This time Jon Scieszka decides to take many of the well-known fairy tales and write his own versions of them with his signature humor and zaniness. We all know the story of Cinderella and how she’s left at home while everyone else goes off to...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 29, 2009 | Picture Book
Ah, the poor wolf. He is just so misunderstood. You see it all started when he tried to make a cake for his granny, and he ran out of sugar. He just went to visit a few neighbors to borrow some sugar. Unfortunately, he had a cold, which caused him to sneeze and that,...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 29, 2009 | Non-Fiction
This is an autobiography of Jon Scieszka, and that’s the good news. If you have a reluctant reader who has to do a biography book report, your prayers have been answered. This is a hilarious biography of an author who grew up with five brothers doing a lot of great...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 29, 2009 | Short Stories
Jon Scieszka can take a boy from diapers, with his Trucktown books, all the way to middle school with his Guys Write for Guys Read. This book is a collection of short stories written by an impressive array of guys who write books for young people. From Jack Gantos and...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 29, 2009 | Action / Adventure
This time our impressive trio has decided to go back in time to the Stone Age, and this time they’re taking cool stuff with them to awe the Neanderthals. But, when they gather to make the journey, they find themselves naked and facing what looks to be a pretty hungry...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 29, 2009 | Fiction
The Trucktown books began as picture books designed to entice reluctant listeners and now have branched out into an early reader series. This one is a Level One in a Ready-to-Roll series. Two trucks are headed to a party, and they have to follow the signs. This looks...
