Peter Catalanotto

Presents four stories about best friends Monkey and Robot, who try out Halloween costumes, visit the beach, consider what to do with a tire they find, and figure out if it is morning or night.

Best friends Monkey and Robot, who laugh and jump up and down when they are happy, enjoy a variety of activities.

Second-grader Emily worries that her grandfather, who has narcolepsy, will fall asleep when he visits her class to talk about Veterans Day.

Emily paints four pictures and enters one in the first-grade art contest, but the judge interprets Emily's entry as a rabbit instead of a dog.

A new boy named Matthew joins Mrs. Tuttle's class, which already has twenty-five students whose first names are Matthew and whose last names begin with every letter except Z.

A curious boy with non-stop questions meets a girl who seems to know all the answers.

Dylan, a dalmatian, escapes from his home and becomes involved in a soccer game between the penguins and the skunks.

Tommy is eager to listen with his father to the first American spacewalk, but his father has to go to work, and when he comes home in the evening they have some trouble reconnecting.

"In this beginning reader graphic novel, the two show how much fun opposites can have together. They try to become superheroes, to travel back in time, to study turtles, and to become famous. Robot is the practical one while Monkey has the creative ideas. The two combine for a lot of zany humor and sweet friendship"--Amazon.

A father teaches his young son about death and remembrance as he buries their beloved dog.