Dumbstruck / written by Karla Oceanak ; illustrated by Kendra Spanjer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oceanak, Karla.

Contributor:

Spanjer, Kendra.

Series:

Oceanak, Karla. Aldo Zelnick comic novel.

An Aldo Zelnick comic novel

The Aldo Zelnick Comic Novel Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diaries--Authorship--Juvenile fiction.

Diaries.

Creative ability--Juvenile fiction.

Creative ability.

Diaries--Authorship--Fiction.

Physical Description:

153 p. : ill., ports.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Fort Collins, Colo. : Bailiwick Press, 2011.

Summary:

Ten-year-old Aldo lives with his family in Colorado. He's not athletic like his older brother; he's not a rock hound like his best friend; and he is none too fond of the outdoors—but that doesn't mean he doesn't have a passion. Aldo is passionate about bacon. Back at school adjusting to life in the 5th grade, Aldo is embarrassed about his artistic abilities. He has always underplayed his creative talent at school; but when he is around his cute new art teacher he suddenly finds himself behaving strangely. He loses the ability to speak when she's around, volunteers to skip recess so he can clean paintbrushes, and finds himself working harder than ever before in a daring attempt to win the school art contest. The humorous plot and lively drawings in this book will captivate both enthusiastic and reluctant young readers who will identify with Aldo's all-too-familiar predicaments. This fourth installment in an A-to-Z alphabet series features a vocabulary-building glossary of fun and challenging words starting with the letter D, such as debacle, doofus, and defenestrate.

Contents:

Intro

ACCOLADES FOR THE ALDO ZELNICK COMIC NOVEL SERIES

WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:

COPYRIGHT

WHO'S WHO

PENCIL PUSHERS

HOW DO I DETEST* THEE? LET ME COUNT THE WAYS

WE ALL SCREAM

STAYIN' ALIVE

DEAD MEN WALKIN'

SHE GAVE ME AN ART ATTACK

CONTEST IDEA #1 THE DAGWOOD*

UNFORTUNATELY IT'S NO LONGER MIDSUMMER

ALL THE STUFF I HAVE TO DO

BEE A CONTENDER

CONTEST IDEA #2 SLUSHIE POWER

NOT TO TOOT MY OWN HORN

MY HEAD IS SPINNING

FOOL ME ONCE

CONTEST IDEA #3

SIGN, SIGN, EVERYWHERE A SIGN

ANOTHER HER DEAD END

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS

CONTEST IDEA # 4: DROWNING JACK

PASS INCOMPLETE

THROW IT OUT THE WINDOW

DUNGEON DODGEBALL

DEVIOUSNESS*

ALL MIXED UP

THE MAN BEHIND THE MASK

PER CHANCE TO DREAM

TO TELL THE TRUTH

ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE

JUST DUNK IT

CONTEST IDEA #5 : IT'S A SECRET

GRAND CHAMPION

DENOUEMENT*

SIGN LANGUAGE ALPHABET

OTHER HANDY SIGNS

"D" GALLERY

MY NEIGHBORHOOD

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ALDO'S DECIDELY DIVINE ANGELS

VISIT ALDOZELNICK.COM TO...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781934649237

1934649236

9781934649213

193464921X

OCLC:

1015882472