Martin Bridge: Ready for Takeoff!

Meet Martin Bridge --- a boy whose well-meant plans sometimes go awry. In three illustrated stories Martin encounters two bus drivers with very different ways of relating makes a tough decision about a friend's pet and takes on an extremely competitive model rocket project that almost costs him a friendship. The daily rhythms struggles and triumphs of childhood --- at home at school and with friends --- are evoked with warmth understanding honesty and humor.>