Pinky and Rex Go to Camp [Paperback]

The Pinky and Rex series continues to deliver on first experiences for early readers!

Pinky and Rex are going to camp for the first time. Rex keeps telling Pinky how much fun they're going to have, but Pinky just wants to stay home where he belongs. Can the Dear Arnie column in the newspaper help Pinky figure out what to do?

Arnie give Pinky some good advice, and so does Pinky's mother. But it's his best friend Rex who tells Pinky what he really needs to know.Melissa Sweet has illustrated more than eighty children’s books, including the Caldecott Honor booksThe Right WordandA River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williamsboth written by Jen Bryant. She also wrote and illustratedTupelo Rides the Rails;Carmine: A Little More Red, which was aNew York TimesBest Illustrated Children’s Book; andBalloons Over Broadway, a picture book biography that was named a 2011Publishers WeeklyBest Nonfiction Picture Book. When she is not in her studio, Melissa can be found taking an art class, hiking with her dogs, or riding her bicycle. She lives with her family in Rockport, Maine.

James Howe is the author of more than ninety books for young readers. Bunnicula, coauthored by his late wife Deborah and published in 1979, is considered a modern classic of children’s literature. The author has written six highly popular sequels, along with the spinoff series Tales from the House of Bunnicula and Bunnicula and Friends. Among his other books are picture books such asHorace and Morris but Mostly Dolores and beginning reader series that include the Pinky and Rex and Houndsley and Catina books. He has also written for older readers. The Misfits, published in 2001, inspired the antibullying initiative No Name-Calling Week, as well as three sequels, Totally Joe,Addie on the Inside, and Also Known lƒ+