Now Read This: ‘What is Inside This Box?,’ ‘Schooled’

Books recommended by the Hawaii State Library:

“What is Inside This Box?”

By Drew Daywalt, illustrated by Olivier Tallec

First book in the Monkey & Cake series. Monkey and Cake are best friends, but sometimes they disagree. In this book, Monkey and Cake can’t agree on what is inside Monkey’s Mysterious Box. Ages 5 to 7.

“Schooled”

By Gordon Korman

Capricorn Cap Anderson has been home­schooled by his hippie grandmother, Rain. When Rain is injured in a fall, Cap is forced to attend the local middle school. Although he knows a lot about Zen Buddhism, nothing has prepared him for the politics of public school. Ages 11 to 13.