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Reviews"A rollicking read-aloud, this is a book that begs to be turned into a class play, readers theater, or puppet show." The Horn Book "Stevens's enchanting, well-imagined, dimensional cartoon-style drawings of the office-supply characters imbue each one with a distinct personality to match their dialogic voices....This book is recommended for any classroom and should find a home in most libraries." School Library Journal "Will keep kids engaged, while both words and pictures create distinct, hilarious, highly animated characters from everyday objects." Booklist, "A rollicking read-aloud, this is a book that begs to be turned into a class play, readers theater, or puppet show."--The Horn Book "Stevens's enchanting, well-imagined, dimensional cartoon-style drawings of the office-supply characters imbue each one with a distinct personality to match their dialogic voices....This book is recommended for any classroom and should find a home in most libraries."--School Library Journal "Will keep kids engaged, while both words and pictures create distinct, hilarious, highly animated characters from everyday objects."--Booklist "The authors work in lots of clever wordplay that will appeal to adult readers....Stevens' delightfully expressive desk supplies were created with paint, ink and plenty of real school supplies. Without a doubt, she has captured their true personalities."--Kirkus Reviews --, "A rollicking read-aloud, this is a book that begs to be turned into a class play, readers theater, or puppet show."-- The Horn Book "Stevens's enchanting, well-imagined, dimensional cartoon-style drawings of the office-supply characters imbue each one with a distinct personality to match their dialogic voices....This book is recommended for any classroom and should find a home in most libraries."-- School Library Journal "Will keep kids engaged, while both words and pictures create distinct, hilarious, highly animated characters from everyday objects."-- Booklist "The authors work in lots of clever wordplay that will appeal to adult readers....Stevens' delightfully expressive desk supplies were created with paint, ink and plenty of real school supplies. Without a doubt, she has captured their true personalities."-- Kirkus Reviews, "A rollicking read-aloud, this is a book that begs to be turned into a class play, readers theater, or puppet show."-- The Horn Book "Stevens's enchanting, well-imagined, dimensional cartoon-style drawings of the office-supply characters imbue each one with a distinct personality to match their dialogic voices....This book is recommended for any classroom and should find a home in most libraries."-- School Library Journal "Will keep kids engaged, while both words and pictures create distinct, hilarious, highly animated characters from everyday objects."-- Booklist "The authors work in lots of clever wordplay that will appeal to adult readers....Stevens' delightfully expressive desk supplies were created with paint, ink and plenty of real school supplies. Without a doubt, she has captured their true personalities."-- Kirkus Reviews , "A rollicking read-aloud, this is a book that begs to be turned into a class play, readers theater, or puppet show."- The Horn Book "Stevens's enchanting, well-imagined, dimensional cartoon-style drawings of the office-supply characters imbue each one with a distinct personality to match their dialogic voices....This book is recommended for any classroom and should find a home in most libraries."- School Library Journal "Will keep kids engaged, while both words and pictures create distinct, hilarious, highly animated characters from everyday objects."- Booklist "The authors work in lots of clever wordplay that will appeal to adult readers....Stevens' delightfully expressive desk supplies were created with paint, ink and plenty of real school supplies. Without a doubt, she has captured their true personalities."- Kirkus Reviews , HELP ME, MR. MUTT! 2010 Texas Bluebonnet Award Time Magazine Top Ten Children's Books for 2008 New York Times Bestseller "With tongue firmly in cheek, the dynamic Stevens sisters have crafted a multilayered story that looks at various situations in the life of an average dog.... It's a great read just for fun, and teachers will find a wealth of ways to incorporate it into lessons on letter writing, newspapers, and presenting information through graphs." --School Library Journal "Three licks ("People call it kisses. We call it dessert.") for the Stevens sisters." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review THE GREAT FUZZ FRENZY "The Stevens sisters prove that there's a lot of mileage to be gained from a wacky premise and some roly-poly prairie dogs.... Stevens's watercolors make heroes of these curious critters. She plunges readers into an animated, earthy underworld, endows her furry cast with winning goofiness and turns the winged symbol of America into a figure of fear." --Publishers Weekly, starred review "A wonderful addition for storyhours, this title will be requested again and again." --School Library Journal, starred review AND THE DISH RAN AWAY WITH THE SPOON 2004 California Young Reader Medal 2002 ALA Notable Book "...a concoction of visual treats and broad jokes...Kids will gobble this up." --Publishers Weekly COOK-A-DOODLE-DOO! 2001 Texas Bluebonnet Award ABA "Pick of the Lists" "A boisterous romp!" --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "Part careful recipe, part wild farce this gloriously illustrated picture book bring the farmyard into the kitchen with parody and puns and nonsense slapstick that kids will love." --Booklist, Starred Review "Humor is the chief ingredient in this entertaining tale." --School Library Journal "Stevens never misses an opportunity for expressiveness in her characters." --Kirkus Reviews, "A rollicking read-aloud, this is a book that begs to be turned into a class play, readers theater, or puppet show." The Horn Book HELP ME, MR. MUTT! 2010 Texas Bluebonnet Award Time Magazine Top Ten Children's Books for 2008 New York Times Bestseller"With tongue firmly in cheek, the dynamic Stevens sisters have crafted a multilayered story that looks at various situations in the life of an average dog.... It's a great read just for fun, and teachers will find a wealth of ways to incorporate it into lessons on letter writing, newspapers, and presenting information through graphs." School Library Journal "Three licks ("People call it kisses. We call it dessert.") for the Stevens sisters." Kirkus Reviews, starred review THE GREAT FUZZ FRENZY"The Stevens sisters prove that there's a lot of mileage to be gained from a wacky premise and some roly-poly prairie dogs.... Stevens's watercolors make heroes of these curious critters. She plunges readers into an animated, earthy underworld, endows her furry cast with winning goofiness and turns the winged symbol of America into a figure of fear." Publishers Weekly, starred review "A wonderful addition for storyhours, this title will be requested again and again." School Library Journal, starred review AND THE DISH RAN AWAY WITH THE SPOON2004 California Young Reader Medal 2002 ALA Notable Book"...a concoction of visual treats and broad jokes...Kids will gobble this up." Publishers Weekly COOK-A-DOODLE-DOO!2001 Texas Bluebonnet Award ABA "Pick of the Lists" "A boisterous romp!" Publishers Weekly, starred review "Part careful recipe, part wild farce this gloriously illustrated picture book bring the farmyard into the kitchen with parody and puns and nonsense slapstick that kids will love." Booklist, starred review "Humor is the chief ingredient in this entertaining tale." School Library Journal "Stevens never misses an opportunity for expressiveness in her characters." Kirkus Reviews, HELP ME, MR. MUTT! 2010 Texas Bluebonnet Award Time Magazine Top Ten Children's Books for 2008 New York Times Bestseller"With tongue firmly in cheek, the dynamic Stevens sisters have crafted a multilayered story that looks at various situations in the life of an average dog.... It's a great read just for fun, and teachers will find a wealth of ways to incorporate it into lessons on letter writing, newspapers, and presenting information through graphs." --School Library Journal"Three licks ("People call it kisses. We call it dessert.") for the Stevens sisters." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review THE GREAT FUZZ FRENZY"The Stevens sisters prove that there's a lot of mileage to be gained from a wacky premise and some roly-poly prairie dogs.... Stevens's watercolors make heroes of these curious critters. She plunges readers into an animated, earthy underworld, endows her furry cast with winning goofiness and turns the winged symbol of America into a figure of fear." --Publishers Weekly, starred review"A wonderful addition for storyhours, this title will be requested again and again." --School Library Journal, starred review AND THE DISH RAN AWAY WITH THE SPOON2004 California Young Reader Medal 2002 ALA Notable Book"...a concoction of visual treats and broad jokes...Kids will gobble this up." --Publishers Weekly COOK-A-DOODLE-DOO!2001 Texas Bluebonnet Award ABA "Pick of the Lists" "A boisterous romp!" --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review"Part careful recipe, part wild farce this gloriously illustrated picture book bring the farmyard into the kitchen with parody and puns and nonsense slapstick that kids will love." --Booklist, Starred Review"Humor is the chief ingredient in this entertaining tale." --School Library Journal"Stevens never misses an opportunity for expressiveness in her characters." --Kirkus Reviews
SynopsisKids--and adults--will never see their school supplies in quite the same way again. Poor Little Red Pen! She can't possibly correct a mountain of homework all by herself. Who will help her? "Not I!" says Stapler. "Not I!" says Eraser. "¡Yo no!" says Pushpin. But when the Little Red Pen tumbles in exhaustion into the Pit of No Return (the trash!), her fellow school supplies must get themselves out of the desk drawer and work together to rescue her. Trouble is, their plan depends on Tank, the rotund class hamster, who's not inclined to cooperate. Will the Little Red Pen be lost forever? There's no lack of trial and error, hilarious chaos, or creative problem solving in this mission!, Poor Little Red Pen! She can't possibly correct a mountain of homework all by herself. Who will help her? Not I! says Stapler. Not I! says Eraser. Yo no! says Pushpin, AKA Señorita Chincheta. But when the Little Red Pen tumbles in exhaustion into the Pit of No Return (the trash!), her fellow school supplies must get themselves out of the desk drawer and work together to rescue her. Trouble is, their plan depends on Tank, the rotund class hamster, who's not inclined to cooperate. Will the Little Red Pen be lost forever? There's no lack of trial and error, hilarious chaos, and creative problem-solving in this mission! Kids--and adults--will never see their school supplies in quite the same way again., Poor Little Red Pen She can't possibly correct a mountain of homework all by herself. Who will help her? "Not I " says Stapler. "Not I " says Eraser. " Yo no " says Pushpin, AKA Se orita Chincheta. But when the Little Red Pen tumbles in exhaustion into the Pit of No Return (the trash ), her fellow school supplies must get themselves out of the desk drawer and work together to rescue her. Trouble is, their plan depends on Tank, the rotund class hamster, who's not inclined to cooperate. Will the Little Red Pen be lost forever? There's no lack of trial and error, hilarious chaos, and creative problem-solving in this mission Kids--and adults--will never see their school supplies in quite the same way again.
LC Classification NumberPZ7.S84453Li 2011