Stink and the Incredible Super-Galactic Jawbreaker -- Megan McDonald, Paperback

Spurred by a newfound awareness of false advertising, Stink Moody becomes the proverbial kid in a candy store as his letter-writing campaign yields him heaps of free rewards.

When Stink buys a mammoth jawbreaker that doesn't break his jaw, he writes a letter of complaint to the manufacturer -- and receives a ten-pound box of 21,280 jawbreakers for his trouble This unexpected benefit of acing the art of letter-writing in school sure gets Stink thinking. Soon Stink is so preoccupied with getting free stuff sent to him that he overlooks a scribbly envelope in the mail pile -- until his best friend, Webster, starts acting standoffish and looks as mad as a hornet.

In this hilarious episode from Megan McDonald and Peter H. Reynolds, Judy Moody's shorter sibling truly comes into his own. As a delightful bonus for both teachers and kids, thirty-six common idioms -- from two heads are better than one to a leopard can't change its spots -- are sprinkled throughout the story; seven of the idioms are humorously illustrated by Stink, and all are listed at the end to inspire a search for idioms that's more fun than a barrel of monkeys.

Author: Megan McDonald
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 03/09/2021
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.30h x 5.50w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781536213782
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.2
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 107295 / Stink and the Incredible Super-Galactic Jawbreaker