Seven Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break if You Want to Survive the Cafeteria

Addressing kids’ anxiety about unfamiliar situations, this irreverent book lists and explains the rules a kid must follow to survive the perilous world of the school cafeteria. Warnings about the pitfalls lurking in the lunchroom have Kyle imagining and fearing the worst, as the server, the lunch ladies, the cashier, and the menacing big kids become terrifying giant insects in his eyes. Kyle inadvertently breaks every rule but winds up enjoying his lunch-and overcoming his fears. AGES: 6-9 AUTHOR: John Grandits is a book and magazine designer and the author of Technically, It’s Not My Fault and Blue Lipstick, award-winning books of concrete poetry, and the picture book Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus, which received the Texas Bluebonnet Award. He and his wife, Joanne, live in Red Bank, New Jersey. ILLUSTRATOR: Michael Allen Austin is the award-winning illustrator of several children’s books, among them Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus. Publishers Weekly has exclaimed that his illustrations are wild and wily, and Booklist has called his art unusual and exuberant. He lives in Atlanta with his wife, Kim, and their sheepdog, Riley.