It's Only Stanley

Fans of Jon Klassen and Oliver Jeffers will love this mischievously funny read-aloud from award-winning author/illustrator Jon Agee

Mysterious noises keep waking up the Wimbledon family. "That's very odd," says Mr. Wimbledon each time, but when he returns from checking on the sounds, he's always reassuring: "It's only Stanley; he's fixing the oil tank." "It's only Stanley; he's clearing the bathtub drain."

But what Stanley the dog is actually doing while his oblivious family goes back to bed is deliciously absurd: he's turning the house into a rocket ship to zoom himself and his family to another planet for an alien encounter. This is a perfect rhyming read-aloud for fans of irreverent tales like Click Clack Moo and I Want My Hat Back.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Dial Books
Published: 03/17/2015
ISBN: 9780803739079
Pages: 32
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.70w x 0.40d
Award: Texas 2x2 Reading List - Recommended
Award: Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards - Honor Book

Review Citations: Booklist 11/01/2014 pg. 62
School Library Journal 01/01/2015 pg. 65
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2015
Publishers Weekly 01/12/2015
Shelf Awareness 03/24/2015
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2015 pg. 77
New York Times Book Review 05/10/2015 pg. 18
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2015 pg. 5 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/02/2015 pg. 35
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2016 pg. 15

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 173357 / It's Only Stanley
Reading Level: 2.1 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5