The Rock from the Sky

It's another intriguing collection of linked very-short stories from the always-slyly-humored author/illustrator, Jon Klassen. In the first story, Turtle is pictured on a flat piece of land, near a flower. “I like standing in this spot. It is my favorite spot to stand. I don't want to stand anywhere else,” he tells us. Turn the page, and we see a huge rock falling from the sky. What will happen next? We know Jon Klassen dares to take us into scary places other children's authors might stay away from. Would Jon Klassen dare to have the rock fall on Turtle? We know he might, and that keeps us turning pages.