Cuando Stink compra un gigantesco jawbreaker que no le rompe la mandíbula, escribe una carta de queja al fabricante, y recibe una caja de diez libras de 21,280 jawbreakers por su problema! Este beneficio inesperado de actuar el arte de escribir cartas en la escuela seguro hace que Stink piense. Pronto, Stink está tan preocupado por que le envíen cosas gratis que pasa por alto un sobre garabateado en la pila de correo, hasta que su mejor amigo, Webster, comienza a actuar de manera distante y parece tan enojado como un avispón.

En este episodio hilarante de Megan McDonald y Peter H. Reynolds, el hermano menor de Judy Moody realmente se hace suyo. Como un bono encantador tanto para los maestros como para los niños, treinta y seis expresiones idiomáticas comunes, desde "dos cabezas son mejores que una" hasta "un leopardo no puede cambiar sus puntos", se esparcen a lo largo de la historia; Stink ilustra con humor siete de los modismos, y todos se enumeran al final para inspirar una búsqueda de modismos que sea más divertido que un barril de monos.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Spurred by a newfound awareness of false advertising, Stink Moody becomes the proverbial kid in a candy store as his letter-writing campaign yields him heaps of free rewards.

When Stink buys a mammoth jawbreaker that doesn't break his jaw, he writes a letter of complaint to the manufacturer -- and receives a ten-pound box of 21,280 jawbreakers for his trouble! This unexpected benefit of acing the art of letter-writing in school sure gets Stink thinking. Soon Stink is so preoccupied with getting free stuff sent to him that he overlooks a scribbly envelope in the mail pile -- until his best friend, Webster, starts acting standoffish and looks as mad as a hornet.

In this hilarious episode from Megan McDonald and Peter H. Reynolds, Judy Moody's shorter sibling truly comes into his own. As a delightful bonus for both teachers and kids, thirty-six common idioms -- from "two heads are better than one" to "a leopard can't change its spots" -- are sprinkled throughout the story; seven of the idioms are humorously illustrated by Stink, and all are listed at the end to inspire a search for idioms that's more fun than a barrel of monkeys.