Don't Swap Your Sweater for a Dog
(Roscoe Riley Rules #3)

Gr 1-2: These early chapter books begin and end in the time-out chair. In "Friends", Roscoe's first-grade class is getting ready for open house. It's supposed to involve a performance of singing bumblebees followed by dessert. However, add one hyper, trouble-finding boy (Roscoe) with a tube of Super-Mega-Gonzo Glue and too many bright ideas and you've got a recipe for disaster. In "Sweater", Roscoe trades an itchy sweater that his grandmother made him for his neighbor's dog so he can enter the animal in a pet show. The protagonist always means well and the adults can usually see a big heart behind his antics after they've calmed down a bit. Both stories are fun reads with simple and amusing cartoon illustrations. Good choices for children transitioning from beginning readers to chapter books." Kelly Roth, Bartow County Public Library, Cartersville, GA" Copyright 2008 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.