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32 pp.
| Holt/Godwin |
November, 2018 |
TradeISBN 978-1-250-18959-2$17.99
(3)
K-3
When some sticks of color chalk return to the spot where they had drawn flowers, they find the blooms gone. They draw replacement flowers that even a (chalk) fence can't protect from the poacher. Who keeps "stealing" their drawings? (Answer: An eraser.) The book's concept is ingeniously executed--e.g., multicolored squiggles on black pages show how "the chalks chased the robber."