Roscoe Riley Rules #3: Don't Swap Your Sweater for a Dog: A Hilarious Chapter Book About an Accidental Rule Breaker and a Pet Contest - Hardcover

Applegate, Katherine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061148865 ISBN 13: 9780061148866

Publisher: Storytide, 2008

Synopsis

The third book in a hilarious chapter book series about an accidental rule breaker from Katherine Applegate, Newbery Medal–winning and bestselling author of The One and Only Ivan, Endling, and Wishtree.

It seems like everyone has an award of some kind. Except Roscoe. But a pet-trick contest is coming up, and first prize is a big, shiny trophy. Roscoe really wants that trophy—would he even borrow someone else’s dog to win?

Roscoe and his comical misadventures will appeal to fans of Megan McDonald’s Stink series; Nancy Krulik’s George Brown, Class Clown series; Rebecca Elliott’s Owl Diaries series; and Dan Gutman’s My Weirder School series.

About this title

About the Authors

Katherine Applegate is the Newbery Medal–winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous books for young readers, including the One and Only series, the Endling series, Crenshaw, Wishtree, the Roscoe Riley Rules chapter books series, and the Animorphs series. She lives with her family in Nevada.

Brian Biggs is an illustrator, designer, educator, and author who has written and/or illustrated more than seventy-five children’s books, including his own Everything Goes series. He lives in Philadelphia.

From the Back Cover

A trophy for Roscoe?

It seems like everyone has an award of some kind. Except Roscoe. But a pet-trick contest is coming up, and first prize is a big, shiny trophy. Roscoe really wants that trophy—would he even borrow someone else's dog to win?

Reviews

Grade 1–2—These early chapter books begin and end in the time-out chair. In Friends, Roscoe's first-grade class is getting ready for open house. It's supposed to involve a performance of singing bumblebees followed by dessert. However, add one hyper, trouble-finding boy (Roscoe) with a tube of Super-Mega-Gonzo Glue and too many bright ideas and you've got a recipe for disaster. In Sweater, Roscoe trades an itchy sweater that his grandmother made him for his neighbor's dog so he can enter the animal in a pet show. The protagonist always means well and the adults can usually see a big heart behind his antics—after they've calmed down a bit. Both stories are fun reads with simple and amusing cartoon illustrations. Good choices for children transitioning from beginning readers to chapter books.—Kelly Roth, Bartow County Public Library, Cartersville, GA
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Roscoe Riley Rules #3: Don't Swap Your Sweater for a Dog

By Katherine Applegate

HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

Copyright © 2008 Katherine Applegate
All right reserved.
ISBN: 9780061148866

Chapter One

Welcome to Time-Out

Hey! Want to play?

Oops. I mean, want to play when I'm done with time-out?

I sort of kind of got in some trouble again.

'Cause I sort of kind of borrowed somebody's dog.

I only borrowed him so I could win a trophy.

A shiny, sparkly, silver trophy.

You've probably borrowed a dog before, right?

A cat? A gerbil? A tarantula?

Oh. Well, I had my reasons.

It's a long story, actually.

Usually when I end up in time-out, there's a long story to tell.

And since you're here anyway, I'll bet you'd like to hear it. . . .

Continues...

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Edition details

• Publisher: Storytide
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0061148865
• ISBN 13: 9780061148866
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Biggs Brian
• Number of pages: 96