By Colorado Kids Advisory Board member Hanna Penny

Title: Stuart Goes To School
Author: Sara Pennypacker
Illustrator: Martin Matje
Publisher: Orchard Books
Number of pages: 58

Has your mom ever picked you out an ugly outfit for you to wear on your first day of school? Well, in the book, Stuart Goes To School, that is exactly what happens to Stuart! Luckily, Stuart has a magic cape and when he wears the cape magical things happen to either him or the people around him.

This book is a sequel to Stuart's Cape. If you have read Stuart's Cape and enjoyed it, you better pick up a copy of Stuart Goes To School. I enjoyed this book because of all the action, expression, adventure and unbelievable pictures throughout the book. I would recommend this book to boys and girls between the ages of 4-ll. This book is an easy read book and just plain fun. It reminds me a lot of the Captain Underpants books.

In this book you will meet Stuart's teachers, classmates, mom, dad and even the firemen from the Fire Department! By the end of the book, you will wish you had a cape just like Stuart's! (February, 2005)