Erik Jon Slangerup

What do you do when a giant brother-plucking robot comes to town and makes off with your annoying little brother? If you're twelve-year-old Molly, you go right after it with the help of your cat, dog, and chameleon, tricked-out bike, and a newfound friend. Set in the 1980s, this delightfully fun story creates a world of arcade games, Soviet scares, neglectful parents, and kids on wild adventures. It's full of heart and explores friendship and family in a nonstop adventure. Middle school kids will love it.… (altro)

The pictures are one of the most intriguing parts of this exciting story of the little boy Bingle Bangdoodle and his cooking creations. While the process of creation and appreciation is a central theme to this story, the vocabulary is extraordinary. While many books should be used for a more narrow audience, I highly suggest this book for K-4 while changing the focus on sets of words or literary conventions. With 40+ level two words, this story is filled with flavorful vocabulary painting pictures that ignite interest, enthusiasm and joy in young readers.… (altro)

Dirt Boy by Erik Jon Slangerup, is a story about a boy named Fister Farnello that absolutely ‘digs’ dirt. His mom is a clean freak and tries to get him to take a bath so that he can be clean because he is covered in dirt. He loves being dirtied with dirt and does not want to be clean, so he runs away into the forest. In the forest he meets a giant called Dirt Man. They are instantly best friends and have fun playing in the dirt. After a while Fister is so dirty that even the birds start to complain. He decides he cannot take it anymore and runs home to his mom. His mom barely recognizes him and thinks he is a monster at first. Then she grabs the hose and sprays him down so that she can start to see that it is Fister. It takes his mom so much soap and water to clean him up, but finally after hours he is clean.… (altro)