BALONEY (HENRY P.)
BALONEY (HENRY P.)
Jon Scieszka
This book's gleaming silver cover and little green namesake signal intergalactic adventure. Fortunately, Scieszka and Smith (Squids Will Be Squids) prefer Continue reading »
SCIENCE VERSE
SCIENCE VERSE
Jon Scieszka
Here the science instructor takes over the role assumed by the math teacher in Math Curse, as the madcap collaborators deliver another riotous lesson. They Continue reading »
Seen Art?
Seen Art?
Jon Scieszka
It all started when I told my friend Art I would meet him on the corner of Fifth and Fifty-Third," says the narrator of this homage to the redesigned Museum of Modern Art. The boy naively asks Continue reading »
Cowboy and Octopus
Cowboy and Octopus
Jon Scieszka
Scieszka and Smith (Math Curse) unpack a bin of old toys and comics for this characteristically oddball entry. Their title page, which depicts a pair of Continue reading »
Jon Scieszka’s Trucktown: Smash! Crash!
Jon Scieszka’s Trucktown: Smash! Crash!
Jon Scieszka
Little gearheads will rally to this demolition derby, carried out by a gregarious all-motorized cast. Jack Truck, a red flatbed with chrome exhaust stacks, and best friend Dump Truck Dan, a blue guy Continue reading »
Robot Zot!
Robot Zot!
Jon Scieszka
Scieszka and Shannon take a detour from their Trucktown series to pay homage to another object of childhood fascination. Robot Zot, a malevolent red contraption, crash lands “into the heart Continue reading »
Smash! Crash!
Smash! Crash!
Jon Scieszka
Little gearheads will rally to this demolition derby, carried out by a gregarious all-motorized cast. Jack Truck, a red flatbed with chrome exhaust stacks, and best friend Dump Truck Dan, a blue guy Continue reading »
SPHDZ Book #1
SPHDZ Book #1
Jon Scieszka
Michael K. (nudge nudge, young Kafka fans) is hoping for a smooth transition as he starts fifth grade at a new school in Brooklyn. But things go downhill when two weirdoes named Jennifer and Bob glom Continue reading »
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
Jon Scieszka, A. Wolf
In this gaily newfangled version of a classic tale, Scieszka and Smith ( Flying Jake ) argue in favor of the villain, transforming the story of the three little pigs into a playfully suspicious, Continue reading »
The Frog Prince, Continued
The Frog Prince, Continued
Jon Scieszka
Will Scieszka, who set the record straight in his bestselling The True Story of the Three Little Pigs , let the Frog Prince and the princess who kissed him live happily ever after? Well, maybe--but Continue reading »
The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy
The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy
Jon Scieszka
The third field trip of the Time Warp Trio lands them in the heart of the Old West. Far from enjoying the pulsating adventure of TV westerns, however, Fred, Sam and Joe suffer the dust-choked, Continue reading »
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
Jon Scieszka
Grade-school irreverence abounds in this compendium of (extremely brief) fractured fairy tales, which might well be subtitled ``All Things Gross and Giddy.'' With a relentless application of the Continue reading »
Math Curse
Math Curse
Jon Scieszka
Whew! This latest whimsical work from Scieszka and Smith (The True Story of the Three Little Pigs; The Stinky Cheese Man) is bound to stretch out the old thinking cap. The day after her teacher Continue reading »
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
Jon Scieszka, A. Wolf
""Designed with uncommon flair,"" said PW, this ""gaily newfangled version of the classic tale"" takes sides with the villain. ""Imaginative watercolors eschew realism, further updating the tale."" Continue reading »
La Verdadera Historia de Los Tres Cerditos
La Verdadera Historia de Los Tres Cerditos
Jon Scieszka, S. Lobo
""Designed with uncommon flair,"" said PW, this ""gaily newfangled version of the classic tale"" takes sides with the villain. ""Imaginative watercolors eschew realism, further updating the tale."" Continue reading »
Squids Will Be Squids: Fresh Morals for Beastly Fables
Squids Will Be Squids: Fresh Morals for Beastly Fables
Jon Scieszka
Scieszka and Smith, creators of The True Story of the Three Little Pigs and The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, turn their attention away from fairy tales to reinvent the fable, Continue reading »
Tut, Tut
Tut, Tut
Jon Scieszka
Another adventure featuring the three boy heroes of The Good, the Bad and the Goofy and Scieszka's other time-travel comedies, this action-packed tale takes the trio to ancient Egypt. Ages 7-11. Continue reading »
The Book That Jack Wrote
The Book That Jack Wrote
Jon Scieszka
Scieszka ( The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales ) and Adel lend a few demented twists to familiar nursery verse in this puzzlesome but polished yarn. As in the ``House That Jack Continue reading »
Time Warp Trio Gift Set
Time Warp Trio Gift Set
Jon Scieszka
While fans of 20th-century time travelers Fred, Sam and Joe may already own the hardcovers, new readers and die-hard fans will relish the arrival of The Time Warp Trio Gift Set. This tidy Continue reading »
Who Done It?
Who Done It?
Jon Scieszka
In Scieszka’s anthology, which benefits Dave Eggers’s literary nonprofit 826NYC, 83 authors provide their alibis for the murder of editor Herman Q. Mildew (“the most hated man in ALL publishing,” as Continue reading »
Battle Bunny
Battle Bunny
Jon Scieszka, Mac Barnett
Scieszka and Barnett wonder what would happen if the young recipient of a dorky picture book, Birthday Bunny, decided to... improve its treacly text and soppy pictures, and make himself the hero to Continue reading »
Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor
Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor
Jon Scieszka
Scieszka (the Spaceheadz series) pulls in an array of scientific, cultural, and historical allusions and references—Einstein and Frankenstein, sure, but also James Bond, Edison vs. Tesla, the CERN Continue reading »
Love and Profanity: A Collection of True, Tortured, Wild, Hilarious, Concise, and Intense Tales of Teenage Life
Love and Profanity: A Collection of True, Tortured, Wild, Hilarious, Concise, and Intense Tales of Teenage Life
Jon Scieszka (et al.)
More than 40 brief true stories from Pete Hautman, Alison McGhee, Adam Rex, Jon Scieszka and others address a vast range of experiences and emotions that will be painfully familiar to teens or anyone Continue reading »
THE DAY OCEAN CAME TO VISIT
THE DAY OCEAN CAME TO VISIT
Diane Wolkstein
Wolkstein's (White Wave) lilting tale explains how the sun, moon and stars came to be in the sky. She imbues the narrative with gentleness and humor, as Continue reading »
NEW YORK'S BRAVEST
NEW YORK'S BRAVEST
Mary Pope Osborne
Past and present combine to stirring effect in this tall tale with real-world reverberations. Dedicated "To the memory of the 343 New York City firefighters who gave their lives to save others Continue reading »
THE RANGE ETERNAL
THE RANGE ETERNAL
Louise Erdrich
Erdrich (The Birchbark House) skillfully weaves family memories into a poignant and lyrical story of home and hearth. The symbolism may be more moving to adults, Continue reading »
SILVER SEEDS
SILVER SEEDS
Paul Paolilli, Dan Brewer
"A progression of paintings capture an uncanny likeness to the shifting light during the course of a single day," said PW in a starred review. Continue reading »
THE BOY ON FAIRFIELD STREET: How Ted Geisel Grew Up to Become Dr. Seuss
THE BOY ON FAIRFIELD STREET: How Ted Geisel Grew Up to Become Dr. Seuss
Kathleen Krull
Krull's (V Is for Victory) fond tribute to Dr. Seuss focuses on the well-loved author/artist's youth. Growing up in Springfield, Mass., Ted Geisel Continue reading »
Bebop Express
Bebop Express
H. L. Panahi
Panahi's ode to the jazz era invites readers on a heart-thumping, hand-clapping train ride from New York City to New Orleans. The opening full-bleed spread shows passengers, dressed in zoot Continue reading »
Star Climbing
Star Climbing
Lou Fancher
Ethereal, textured paintings accompany Fancher's rhythmic, lyrical poem about a child's imaginary journey through the night sky before he or she drifts off to sleep. "On nights I Continue reading »
The Cheese
The Cheese
Margie Palatini
With a hi-ho the dairy-o, Palatini (the Bad Boys series) tells the story of just how tempting it is to abandon the "Rules and Regulations" that state "the cheese stands alone" in Continue reading »
Margery Williams's the Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real
Margery Williams's the Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real
Margery Williams
Lou Fancher sensitively adapts Margery Williams's The Velveteen Rabbit, illus. by Steve Johnson and Fancher, while maintaining the magic of the original. The inviting oil paintings ingeniously Continue reading »
The Dancing Tiger
The Dancing Tiger
Malachy Doyle, Doyle Malachy
A full moon gleams in the dusky sky as a girl, peering from a thatched cottage\x92s upstairs window onto a wide, sloping hill, spies a tiger dancing on his hind legs in the dark woods. \x93There\x92s Continue reading »
