Take a flight of fancy with the Pearls Before Swine crew in their third AMP! Comics for Kids collection!
Skip School, Fly to Space
STEPHAN PASTIS
Age Range: 7 to 12
Lexile Measure: 390 (What’s this?)
Series: Pearls Before Swine (Book 3)
Pages: 224
Type: Comics Collection
Publication Date: August 4, 2015
ISBN: 9781449436377
Take a flight of fancy with the Pearls Before Swine crew in their third AMP! Comics for Kids collection!
Hokey lessons and ancient textbooks are no match for a good Rockitt Shipp, kids. The poorly behaved cast of Pearls Before Swine invites you to a magical world filled with silly talking animals and mostly bald humans.
There’s Rat, a master of evil. Pig, who seems to be made to suffer—it’s his lot in life. And while the braindead Crocs unsuccessfully hunt poor Zebra, the wise (and noted loser) Goat looks on in disapproving horror.
So take a homework break and prep the hyperdrive for light speed. . . . It’s another hilarious Pearls kids collection!
About The Author
Stephan Pastis is an attorney turned cartoonist. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and the UCLA School of Law, he worked as a lawyer before trying his hand at cartooning. Pastis lives in the Bay Area with his wife and two children.
Skip School, Fly to Space
Grade Levels: 3-5
Curriculum Connections: English Language Arts
Students read Skip School, Fly to Space and make notes about the characters in the text. Students vote for their favorite character, create a class graph showing the results, and analyze the graph. Students then use a prewriting graphic organizer to list reasons that a particular character is their favorite and examples from the text. Finally, students write opinion pieces explaining why that character is their favorite, stating clear reasons and examples to support their opinions.
The Croc Ate My Homework
Grade Levels: 3-7
Curriculum Connections: English Language Arts
The Crocs have more bite than brains and eat more takeout food than living prey, but it doesn’t stop them from cooking up hilariously harebrained schemes to eat their helpless Zebra neighbor. Other characters from the Pearls Before Swine comic add to the story’s fun, including know-it-all Rat, slow-witted but kind Pig, and intellectual Goat.
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written and illustrated by Stephan Pastis
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