When a boy buys a rhinocerous as a pet, he is disappointed because it doesn't do anything. It won't fetch a ball, a stick, or a frisbee, or do anything of the cool things most pets do. When an animal expert tells him that it's normal for a rhinocerous to avoid all those activities since all rhino...
The Retired Kid is a great book! However, I feel that I would choose it for an older audience. Maybe 3rd or 4th grade, where students can really understand what Brian goes through at his age. I love this book because it picks at the little issues of being a kid, like going to school or other less...
This is the kind of book that I first encountered by Jon Agee back when he was writing books of palindromes. I liked it then and I like this now. This is just silly and fun. His many animal friends are all of the non-traditional variety and are slightly altered from their traditional fellow anima...
A charming story illustrated with a pleasantly washed watermelon palette. I like the bouncy voice, and I think it's kind of interesting to have a first-person narrative for a picture book.Since this story is so reliant upon a reader's familiarity with New York for much of its humor, however, it m...
Genre: PoetryAwards: NoneGrade Level: K-2How to use: This would be a great book to use when having fun with letters and their sounds, sounding words out quickly, the kids will get tongue tied with some poems and then break them down to each and every word, making it a fun activity for kids to be ...