Ocean State Libraries

In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.

In this first-ever standalone full-color edition, Castle is lavishly reborn in digitally finished drawings rendered with felt-tip markers and colored pencils. Factual and artistic details shine in light of newly researched information. With characteristic zest and wit. Architecture enthusiasts of all ages will marvel at the staggering possibilities of human imagination and ingenuity.

A class visit to the Gross-Me-Out exhibit at the science museum inspires Stink Moody to create a variety of terrible smells to put on the sneakers he plans to enter in the World's Worst Super-Stinky Sneaker contest.

Shows and tells what busy people do every day to build houses, sail ships, fly planes, keep house, and grow food.

Invites readers to guess different professions based on the uniform and equipment required for each.

Suggests in rhyme a variety of occupational choices.

It's a fine morning in Busytown. Everyone is rushing to work. Let's see where they're going.

Explains the clothing, tools, schooling, and work of fire fighters.