(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Jon Cannell. Now a freshman, Wyatt--who foiled a terrorist plot in eighth grade (The Worst Class Trip Ever)--inadvertently uncovers illegal animal trafficking by the powerful family of the bullying Bevin brothers, which leads to a Halloween night of typical Barry shenanigans. The stakes, and therefore the tension, are lower than in Wyatt's first adventure, but comical first-person narration makes him easy to root for.

Reviewer: Shoshana Flax

(4) 4-6 You're in Business series. Illustrated by Jon Cannell. Filled with useful and practical advice, these books will enable young job seekers to plan and execute their searches--"even before you turn sixteen." Although the jobs and projects vary in age requirements, are often region-specific, and are sometimes complex (e.g., making soap), the series will help younger kids to be creative and inspire teens to get organized. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these You're in Business titles: Get a Job at a Business, Get a Job Helping Others, Get a Job Making Stuff to Sell, and Get a Summer Adventure Job.

Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee

(4) 4-6 You're in Business series. Illustrated by Jon Cannell. Filled with useful and practical advice, these books will enable young job seekers to plan and execute their searches--"even before you turn sixteen." Although the jobs and projects vary in age requirements, are often region-specific, and are sometimes complex (e.g., making soap), the series will help younger kids to be creative and inspire teens to get organized. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these You're in Business titles: Get a Job at a Business, Get a Job Helping Others, Get a Job Making Stuff to Sell, and Get a Summer Adventure Job.

Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee

(4) 4-6 You're in Business series. Illustrated by Jon Cannell. Filled with useful and practical advice, these books will enable young job seekers to plan and execute their searches--"even before you turn sixteen." Although the jobs and projects vary in age requirements, are often region-specific, and are sometimes complex (e.g., making soap), the series will help younger kids to be creative and inspire teens to get organized. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these You're in Business titles: Get a Job at a Business, Get a Job Helping Others, Get a Job Making Stuff to Sell, and Get a Summer Adventure Job.

Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee

(4) 4-6 You're in Business series. Illustrated by Jon Cannell. Filled with useful and practical advice, these books will enable young job seekers to plan and execute their searches--"even before you turn sixteen." Although the jobs and projects vary in age requirements, are often region-specific, and are sometimes complex (e.g., making soap), the series will help younger kids to be creative and inspire teens to get organized. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these You're in Business titles: Get a Job at a Business, Get a Job Helping Others, Get a Job Making Stuff to Sell, and Get a Summer Adventure Job.

Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Jon Cannell. This fictionalized story is told from the perspective of real-life Sudanese attendant Atir, who accompanied elegant giraffe Belle from Egypt to the court of French King Charles X in the 1820s. Offbeat illustrations in watercolor and ink incorporate French motifs and photos of artifacts from the early nineteenth century. Bib., glos.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Jon Cannell. A Dutch sea captain describes touring Europe in the 1700s with Indian rhinoceros Clara. Featuring plenty of period details, the art is a handsome mixed-media pastiche of reproductions, drawings, and the captain's (ostensible) journal pages. With no sources, readers will be clueless as to whether this is based on a true story (it is) or just an entertaining yarn.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Jon Cannell. McCutcheon's readable prose relates the stories of nine young people whose contributions range from inventing television (Philo Farnsworth) to naming Pluto (Venetia Burney). Though their major contributions mostly occurred when they were adults, he correctly emphasizes their childhood precocity and hard work at their projects. Childlike art and occasional photos illustrate the text. Reading list.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian