Stink

The shortest kid in the second grade,James Moodyalso known as Stinklearns all about the shortest president of the United StatesJames Madisonwhen they celebrate Presidents’ Day at school. Every morningJudy Moody measures Stink and it’s always the same: three feeteight inches tall. Stink feels like even the class newt is growing faster than he is. Thenone daythe ruler reads-can it be?-three feetseven and three quarters inches! Is Stink shrinking? He tries everything to look like he’s growingbut wearing up-and-down stripes and spiking his hair aren’t fooling anyone into thinking he’s taller. If only he could ask James Madison-Stink’s heroand the shortest person ever to serve as President of the United States. In Stink’s first solo adventurehis special style comes through loud and strong-enhanced by a series of comic stripsdrawn by Stink himselfwhich are sprinkled throughout the book. From \