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  • Published: 2 June 2020
  • ISBN: 9780399172250
  • Imprint: Nancy Paulsen Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $39.99

Runaway Signs



When the road signs take a vacation, chaos and hilarity ensue--and they quickly learn how important they are.

When the road signs take a vacation, chaos and hilarity ensue--and they quickly learn how important they are.

School is ending for the summer, and the stick figures on the school crossing sign are jealous of all the vacation plans they hear the students making. The stick figures work hard--maybe they deserve a vacation, too! So they abandon their signpost and set off on an adventure, inviting along all the other underappreciated road signs they meet on the way. It's all fun and games for a while, especially when they stumble upon a fantastic amusement park. But the people they've left behind are feeling their absence, and soon there are traffic tangles and lost pedestrians everywhere. The signs are more important than they realized, and now it's time for them to save the day!

  • Published: 2 June 2020
  • ISBN: 9780399172250
  • Imprint: Nancy Paulsen Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $39.99

About the author

Joan Holub

Joan Holub has written and/or illustrated more than 70 books for children, including the popular Ant Hill series. You can visit her Web site at www.joanholub.com. She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Praise for Runaway Signs

Praise for Little Red Writing, by Joan Holub
     "Written with wit, humor, and puns galore."--SLJ

Praise for Zero the Hero, by Joan Holub
     "Does for numbers what Laurie Keller did for states."--Booklist
     "A hero and some villains and good winning over evil (oh, and all that educational stuff, too), all wrapped in humor and tied with a comic bow--what could be better?"--Kirkus
     "Has a great message about friendship and personal feelings."--SLJ

Praise for Groundhog Weather School, by Joan Holub
     "Good fun that will subtly teach in between laughs."--Kirkus
     "Each turn of the page provides another surprise."--SLJ
     "Although a good bit of information about groundhogs is tucked into the text, captions, and speech balloons, the approach is so varied and so often witty that children will absorb the facts effortlessly."--Booklist