The Horn Book Guide

EASY READERS

McMullan, Kate

Pearl and Wagner: Five Days Till Summer

48 pp. | Penguin | May, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8037-3589-7 $14.99

(2) K-3 Penguin Young Readers series. Illustrated by R. W. Alley. Pearl gets a glimpse of next year's teacher, Ms. Bean, and thinks she resembles a "mean green bean." Illustrations vary in placement and capture the myriad expressions on the characters' faces. The language begins to bridge that territory between easy readers and chapter books, but the real beauty of this book is its own connection from one school year to the next.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2012