OH, SAL

A stand-alone companion to the bestselling Newbery Honor Book The Year of Billy Miller and the acclaimed Billy Miller Makes a Wish. This short, humorous, and accessible novel for emerging readers focuses on Billy's younger sister, Sal, and an eventful holiday season at the Miller house. A must-have for fans of Ramona, Ivy and Bean, and Dory Fantasmagory.

It's Christmas and the Miller family is celebrating their first holiday with the new baby. Uncle Jake is visiting which makes Billy very happy. But Sal? Not so much. In fact, nothing about this holiday is making Sal happy. The baby is a noisy nuisance and is hogging all of Mama's attention. Plus, the baby doesn't even have a name yet. And to make matters worse, Sal has lost her favorite pair of brand-new underpants - one of the very special set of seven Santa gave her for Christmas! Will Sal find her present? Will the Millers find a name for the baby? Will Billy always be an obnoxious big brother? Will Uncle Jake constantly put his foot in his mouth?

The holiday season is full of surprises - and warmth, kindness, family, celebration, and love - in the hands of award-winning house author Kevin Henkes. Oh, Sal is an excellent choice for younger middle grade readers, as well as a terrific family and classroom read-aloud. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white art by the author.

Kevin Henkes is the #1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of more than fifty critically acclaimed and award-winning books. He received the Caldecott Medal for Kitten's First Full Moon in 2005; and Waiting won a Caldecott Honor and Geisel Honor in 2016. Kevin Henkes has been published by Greenwillow Books since the release of his first book, All Alone, in 1981. His fiftieth book, the picture book Egg, was published in January 2017.