ON THE GO WITH MR. AND MRS. GREEN, by Keith Baker
AR Level: 2.7 Points: .5

Mr. and Mrs. Green, the lovable alligator couple are back—this time they are the stars of three short stories: “Magic Trick,” “Cookies,” and “Inventions.” In the first story, Mr. Green is a hapless magician and Mrs. Green is his assistant. After he makes her disappear, he can’t figure out how to get her back until he finds a clue on her watch that gives him the secret steps and she returns. In the second story, Mrs. Green bakes cookies, then leaves a note for Mr. Green that says, “These cookies are incredible! Delicious! Do not wait! Eat now!” Only he reads it wrong and thinks it says to not eat the cookies because they’re terrible. Mr. Green ends up eating every single cookie just to make sure they’re good—and in the end, that’s what Mrs. Green wanted him to do. The final story has Mr. Green invent a slicer that will slice pies, pizzas, cakes and more. The illustrations in this book are lively and have a great amount of detail. Kids will be drawn to this book because of the illustrations—and also because of the fact that it has chapters, but reads like a picture book.