Good Deeds and Other Laughing Matters: A 4D Book

by D. L. Green, Leandra La Rosa (Illustrator)

Overview

After their teacher announces a good citizenship contest, Shelby and her classmates try to outdo each other with good deeds. Grand plans go wrong and sometimes backfire, but then Shelby does something truly good without thinking of any award. When the prize isn't quite what anyone expects, she and her friends have a laugh and decide helping others feels better than getting an award.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496564740
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/09/2018
Series:	The Funny Girl
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.30(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	8 - 10 Years

About the Author

D.L. Green lives in California with her husband, three children, silly dog, and a big collection of rubber chickens. She loves to read, write, and joke around.

Illustrator Leandra La Rosa lives and works in Palermo, Sicily. She was born in Trapani, a town on the island’s western side, and since childhood her main interests have been illustration, animation, and music. Leandra studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Palermo and obtained a degree in graphic design. Since 2013 she has been working as a graphic designer and illustrator for many Italian agencies and publishing houses.

Table of Contents

Goodbye, World. Nice knowing you — Brooke and Shelby save the world — How to be a good person — Itching for a marvelous gizmo — The thousand-hour brownies — A crumb-y morning — Allergic to Brooke — D is for disaster — It's hard work to watch people work — Triple the good person — A chat with a copycat — A gigantic problem — Follow that dog — More than one laughingstock — Good person or big, scary girl? — The winner is — A great surprise and a terrible surprise — Even better than a marvelous gizmo.

Interviews

Following the success of the Zeke Meeks series, author D.L Green returns with a new character and new stories; The first-person narration is engaging, fun, fast-paced, and relatable; The main character confronts realistic challenges (making and keeping friends, dealing with mean girls, etc.) in stories that maintain a light, good-natured feel; Green’s previous series have been well-received by readers and critics; Main character Shelby Bloom is genuinely clever and funny;