cover image Incredible Shrinking

Incredible Shrinking

Lisa Passen. Henry Holt & Company, $15.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-8050-6452-0

Miss Irma Birmbaum (""the toughest teacher in town""), star of The Attack of the 50-Foot Teacher, here takes a headlong fall into the party treats she is preparing for her students (""prune pudding, kidney bean cookies,"" etc.) and turns into The Incredible Shrinking Teacher by Lisa Passen. Sci-fi-inspired watercolors bring the hilarity to life. (Apr.)