Patches Lost and Found

Jenny is having a terrible week. On Monday, her teacher assigns really hard homework: Jenny has to write a whole story. And when she gets home, she discovers that her pet guinea pig, Patches, is missing! Jenny spends the rest of the week searching for Patches. She draws posters and pictures of the things that could’ve happened to him. By the end of the week, she realizes that her pictures tell the perfect story to finish her homework assignment. But where is Patches?

The late Steven Kroll wrote many popular children’s books, including The Biggest Pumpkin Ever, Jungle Bullies, Super-Dragon, The Tyrannosaurus Game, and Stuff! Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (Honorable Mention, Green Book Festival 2009). He lived in New York City and Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Barry Gott is an illustrator whose work has appeared on greeting cards and in national magazines. He has also illustrated Be Brown, by Barbara Bottner. He lives with his wife and son in Cleveland, Ohio.