Marco Goes to School    by Roz Chast Order:  USA  Can Atheneum, 2012 (2012) Hardcover, e-Book     Reviewed by Bob Walch I've been called 'everyone's favorite red bird', which is kind of funny I think. I'm not sure if that is really true but I do know that this book about my adventures at school will make you laugh. I was really bored, so one day my Mom decided it was time she sent me to school. 'Skool? What is Skool? Can I eat it?' I had a bunch of questions about this place. When Mom told me school was a place you went to to learn things I wasn't overly impressed. But, being a good bird, I went along with the plan of going to school. This picture book is all about what happened when I got to school. You'll see how I made some new friends, met Mrs. Peachtree (she wears strange, flowered, pink pants) and enlisted my classmates in helping me reach the Moon. You'll probably be most interested in how I tried to get to the Moon. The plan wasn't that successful but you'll probably get a laugh or two over what we tried to do. As you'll see, the plan was a failure, but the class did learn a new game – block basketball! If you liked my first book, Too Busy Marco, I think you'll like this one too. Roz Chast is a cartoonist at the New Yorker magazine and she draws pretty good pictures. The ones of me are definitely very cool! Note: Opinions expressed in reviews and articles on this site are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of BookLoons. Find more Kids books on our Shelves or in our book Reviews