The Horn Book Guide

EASY READERS

Horowitz, Ruth

Breakout at the Bug Lab

48 pp. | Dial | May, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-8037-2510-8 $$13.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Joan Holub. Warned by their entomologist mom to be on their best behavior during her lab's rededication ceremony, the narrator and his little brother panic when Max, a Madagascar cockroach, escapes. Horowitz's puns accentuate the humor in this madcap adventure. The curved lines of the illustrations soften the story, forming a comforting cocoon that may tempt the audience to try out their own reading feelers.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2001