The Amazing World of Stuart by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Martin Matje, 55 pp, RL 2
EXCITING NEWS!!!! Stuart's Cape , which was previously only in hardcover and the follow up, Stuart's Goes to School , are now available in one great book at one very low price, magnificent color illustrations and all, titled The Amazing World of Stuart , and that is a very good thing! As I am always saying, there are so few 2nd and 3rd grade reading level books for kids written in the 50 - 70 page range, which is exactly what kids need once they move beyond "beginning to read" books. Not only are these books, written by Sara Pennypacker and illustrated by Martin Matje's, illustrator of one of my favorite series, The Ink Drinker good, they are laugh-out-loud funny and full of imagination. I discovered this as I sat on the couch and began to read Stuart's Cape . My two boys, ages 4 and 11, sat down on either side of me and chose to have me read out loud rather than turn on a movie or play a game and the laughs started almost immediately. In Stuart