Stink Moody is Judy Moody's younger brother. He is afraid he will never grow! In fact, it's possible that he is shrinking. Judy measured him twice in one day, and the second time he was a full 1/4 inch shorter! Stink imagines that the gravity monster got him. He loves to draw comics about his life as the incredible shrinking kid. Everything that happens to Stink ends up in one of his comics. He becomes Newt Boy after he takes the class pet newt home. His favorite President is James Madison, not only because they share a first name (Stink's real name), but because Madison was the shortest President and he wrote the Bill of Rights. Stink is as much fun as his older sister.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 6/15/2009

ISBN-10: 0763620254

ISBN-13: 9780763620257

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Julian is great story teller. He can make people believe just about anything. His little brother, Huey, hears a lot of these stories. There's the one about the cats that come in the mail. And the one about growing taller if you eat leaves right off the tree. Some stories are just plain trouble, which is where Julian and Huey end up, a lot!

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/29/2009

ISBN-10: 0394943015

ISBN-13: 9780394943015

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At the beginning of summer vacation, Sam, Joe and Fred find themselves transported to a bizarrely bookish universe. They find themselves trapped in their summer reading list. Can they find The Book, and get home, before the Headless Horseman, and a dastardly Mr. (Teddy) Bear, do away with the heroes of their stories OR will Alice become Frankenstein in Wonderland?

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 3/27/2009

ISBN-10: 0670880418

ISBN-13: 9780670880416

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When Ryan moves to Kentucky with his family, he misses his old home. To make things worse, not only is he short for his age, he'll be starting sixth grade in a school with seventh and eighth graders. He'll be the youngest and the smallest, and he's heard the older kids like to play pranks on the younger ones. Furthermore, his new bedroom is pink. Things aren't looking good. Then he hears about Slam Dunk Sky Jumpers, the shoes all the older basketball players at his school are wearing. As he sees it, if he could just get the shoes, maybe he has a chance to be cool. How will he ever earn enough money to buy them? Maybe he can, with a little help from his pet tarantula, Fang.

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 3/30/2010

ISBN-10: 0823411796

ISBN-13: 9780823411795

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Jackie Robinson was the first African-American player in Major League Baseball. After retiring from baseball, he moved with his family to a place in Connecticut that had a beautiful lake. His children loved swimming and boating on the lake, but Jackie never joined them in the water. One winter day, the children wanted to ice skate. Was the ice thick enough? Jackie bravely ventured out onto the ice to check. His daughter Sharon suddenly realized that Jackie can't swim and that her dad was a very brave man. The beautiful illustrations work well with the text by Sharon Robinson to pay tribute to her father.

Awards nominated: Monarch Award Nominee 2012

Reviewed by: msp

Date read: 4/14/2011

ISBN-10: 9780545052511

ISBN-13: 9780545052511

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