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inner of the Creative Child magazine Preferred Choice Award!
Silver Medalist in the Moonbeam Children's Book Awards!
"This unique and zany comic novel will appeal to young readers because of its humor, creativity, imagination, and convincingly expressive black and white sketches. Readers will become instant fans of ten-year-old Aldo Zelnick!"
- Children's Literature
"This is the funniest book in the series so far!"
- Mary Lee Hahn on her A Year of Reading "Favorite Series" blog
"You will laugh out loud - I guarantee it - the books are THAT funny. AND it is reminiscent of the Wimpy Kid series format so I really can not say it enough - this will be a hit with those readers."
- Becky Bilby on her In the Pages book review blog
"This is a fun series that my students adore."
- katsok on Goodreads.com
"Cahoots is full of wild and crazy moments and experiences, and Aldo provides his own unique perspective on each hair-raising event. Who would have thought there could be this much excitement on such a remote little Minnesota farm?"
- Midwest Book Review
"Without a doubt, The Aldo Zelnick comic series is one to look for! From adults to young children, all who open the pages and peer into Aldo’s world will discover something to love, laugh at and learn from."
- Danielle Smith on her There's a Book book review blog
"CAHOOTS is a fun-filled story just like the rest of the books in this series. I loved the message and the surprise ending, and I especially appreciated the glossary in the back of the book with all the "C" words."
- Julie (BookingMama) on her Kid Konnection book review blog
Cahoots
Summer is drawing to a close, and the Zelnicks travel to the family farm in Minnesota for their vacation. Aldo’s mom is eager for him to experience the things she loved as a girl…shucking sweet corn, milking cows, gathering eggs. A week of FRESH AIR and living off the land!
But Aldo suspects that farm life isn’t all it’s cracked up to be...and it’s worse than he feared. The rooster wakes him at dawn, the chores nearly do him in, and Timothy and the cousins—identical twin pranksters—are in cahoots against him. Plus, the creepy, old portrait of his great-grandfather Aldo (the very one he’s named after) seems to be watching him from his frame on the wall…
All this without the comforts of TV or computer—because the Anderson farm is (gasp!) technology-free.
Did you notice?
Once Aldo pulls on his overalls and grabs a pitchfork, life imitates art. Aldo and his mom strike a pose reminiscent of American Gothic by Grant Wood.
