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Katherine Applegate's many books include the Roscoe Riley Rules chapter book series, the picture book The Buffalo Storm, and the award-winning novel Home of the Brave. With her husband, Michael Grant, she wrote the hugely popular series Animorphs, which has sold more than 35 million copies worldwide.

Katherine was inspired to write The One and Only Ivan after reading about the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, the Shopping Mall Gorilla. The real Ivan lived alone in a tiny cage for twenty-seven years in a Washington State shopping mall before being moved to Zoo Atlanta after a public outcry. He was a beloved celebrity at the zoo, which houses the nation's largest collection of western lowland gorillas. Ivan was well-known for his paintings, which he "signed" with a thumbprint.

Katherine lives in California with her husband and two children.

Everything Goes is a series of books written and illustrated by Brian Biggs. The first books in the series, Everything Goes: On Land and Everything Goes: In the Air, are a celebration of cars, trucks, motorcycles, planes, and other things that go!

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Roscoe Riley Rules #5: Don't Tap-Dance on Your Teacher

HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

Chapter One

Welcome to Time-Out

I can guess what you're thinking.

Time-out again? What rule did you break this time, Roscoe?

Well, since you asked, it was Rule Number 542: Do not pretend to need crutches when you really do not need them just to get out of an embarrassing situation.

Personally, I don't think a guy should get punished for breaking a rule when he didn't even exactly know there was such a rule.

But my mom and dad see things a little differently.

Sometimes I wonder if they ever really were kids.

You'd think people who used to be kids would understand that sometimes a guy just really needs a good crutch. Or two.

You know what I'm talking about, right?

Well, maybe it is a little confusing.

I'll begin at the beginning of the beginning.

With my friend Emma's amazing, noisy shoes . . .

Excerpted from Roscoe Riley Rules #5: Don't Tap-Dance on Your Teacherby Katherine Applegate Copyright © 2009 by Katherine Applegate. Excerpted by permission.
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