

To make life interesting, Miles plans a perfect prank in his pranking notebook, but it’s foiled. On top of that, Barkin's son, Josh, has decided Miles is a good bullying target. Miles can't think of anything more awful than spending every moment of every day with smiling, officious, king-of-the-obvious Niles. On the first day of school, when Principal Barkin's car is found mysteriously parked on the school's steps, Barkin suspects Miles and assigns Niles Sparks to be Miles' buddy. All new students at Yawnee Valley Science and Letters Academy receive a booklet of 1,346 interesting cow facts from fussbudget fifth-generation principal Barry Barkin. Yawnee Valley is famous for one thing: cows. Miles was his school's greatest prankster.how will he survive a move to Yawnee Valley? 1 Car Spotter (2011).Ī delightful immersion in an unfamiliar world for early chapter-book readers. Cadwell’s grayscale cartoons add to the gentle humor of Nigerian-born Atinuke’s engaging, stand-alone sequel to The No.

“That way we need one another.” The sharp corners, white plaster and corrugated iron roof of Mama Coca-Cola’s modern new house turn out to be wrong for the climate it may be unhealthy to live in, but it's perfect for a restaurant serving both traditional and modern eaters. 1 at more than one thing, Grandfather says. These villagers cooperate with each other, sharing their furnishings and their work. Underlying these simple stories are some significant cultural ideas. He's the one who dispatches the leopard with hot-chili-pepper soup, figures out a way to get stranded bus passengers across a flooded road and on their way, and finds a use for Mama Coca-Cola's too-hot new house. 1 at slingshot or at school, but he is excellent at identifying cars and is full of bright ideas. 1 fulfills his dream of seeing a Pontiac Firebird up close and meeting its professor owner. In four connected short stories set in a tiny African village, No.
