To my mom, my very favorite person in the whole wide world. — Malcolm
To my lovely mother, Carmelinda, who always encouraged me to read...and draw! — Michael
Malcolm Mitchell is the founder of an initiative called Read with Malcolm, which introduces book ownership to students and works to improve literacy in schools. Read with Malcolm’s Share the Magic Foundation promotes the benefits of reading to kids in underserved communities. Malcolm lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Born and raised in northern Ohio, Michael Robertson graduated from Bowling Green State University with a degree in painting. He spent ten years as a toy designer and character developer before trying his hand at illustration. His work has appeared on many children’s products, greeting cards, books, toys, and magazines, and has received multiple recognitions from the Society of Illustrators.
Text copyright © 2021 by Malcolm Mitchell • Illustrations by Michael Robertson, © 2021 by Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Inc., Publishers since 1920 . scholastic and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc. • The publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party websites or their content. • No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher. For information regarding permission, write to Scholastic Inc., Attention: Permissions Department, 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. • This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales
is entirely coincidental. ISBN 978-1-338-74702-7
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 21 22 23 24 25 Printed in the U.S.A. 40 • First printing 2021
Book design by Doan Buu • The text type was set in Rockwell. The display type was set in Loyola Pro. The illustrations were created digitally, using Photoshop with hand-done textures made with ink and pencil.
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