Don't Check Out This Book!

by Kate Klise, M. Sarah Klise (Illustrator)

Overview

From the creators of the award-winning Three-Ring Rascals and 43 Old Cemetery Road series!

Is the sweet town of Appleton ripe for scandal?

Consider the facts:

•        Appleton Elementary School has a new librarian named Rita B. Danjerous. (Say it fast.)
•        Principal Noah Memree barely remembers hiring her.
•       Ten-year-old Reid Durr is staying up way too late reading a book from Ms. Danjerous's controversial "green dot" collection.
•        The new school board president has mandated a student dress code that includes white gloves and bow ties available only at her shop.

 
Sound strange? Fret not. Appleton's fifth-grade sleuths are following the money, embracing the punny, and determined to the get to the funniest, most rotten core of their town's juiciest scandal. Don't miss this seedy saga!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781643751900
Publisher:	Workman Publishing Company
Publication date:	08/17/2021
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	623,839
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.75(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Kate Klise and M. Sarah Klise have collaborated on numerous award-winning middle-grade and picture-book projects, including the Regarding the Fountain and 43 Old Cemetery Road series. Kate lives in Norwood, Missouri. She visits more than seventy school classrooms a year. Sarah Klise lives in Berkeley, California. Visit www.kateandsarahklise.com for more information. (By the way, Klise rhymes with mice.)

Illustrator M. Sarah Klise and author Kate Klise and are sisters and collaborators. They started making books together many years ago in their bedroom in Peoria, Illinois. Kate wrote the words; Sarah drew the pictures. Their first book was about an adventure-loving little mouse that traveled around the country. That story was never published. (In fact, it ended up in the garbage can!) But the Klise sisters had so much fun making their first book, they kept writing and drawing. And now they've published more than twenty award-winning books for young readers, including Regarding the Fountain and Dying to Meet You. The Klise sisters no longer share a bedroom. Kate lives in Missouri and travels often to visit schools and libraries. Sarah lives in California. But the two sisters still enjoy working together, especially on their new series about a pair of circus mice. (By the way, "Klise" rhymes with "mice.")

Editorial Reviews

"Another pun-tastic outing from the Sisters Klise.” 
 —Booklist
 

From the Publisher

03/13/2020

Gr 3–5—Things are changing at Appleton Elementary School with the arrival of the new school librarian, Rita B. Danjerous. Appleton hasn't had a school library in 14 years and, with only 19 students, had been in danger of closing. Ms. Danjerous opens the library in a broom closet, and launches a controversial new book collection addressing topics that students might be embarrassed or scared to ask for, which can be checked out without needing a library card. This newfound excitement for books among students and staff alike comes much to the chagrin of Iwana Beprawpa, the new school board president, who argues this hinders the manners and morals she is encouraging at the school. In addition, Ms. Beprawpa institutes questionable changes, such as creating a new uniform policy requiring students to purchase the uniform from her store Beprawpa Attire. When Ms. Danjerous's daughter, Maya, and her friend Sarah begin working for the local paper, they are able to report on some of these mysteries and scandals in their small town with the help of editor Etta Toryal. Written entirely in letters, e-mails, phone messages, and newspaper articles, this funny (and punny) story introduces censorship issues, political corruption, and investigative journalism. VERDICT A fun and quirky story that shows the impact of books on a small community.—Sarah Polace, Cuyahoga Public Library System, OH

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