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Tony Baloney school rules

It is the first day of school for Tony Baloney, the macaroni penguin, and he wants to follow all the class rules, but Tony has a way of finding trouble.

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Main Author:	Ryan, Pam Muñoz
Other Authors:	Fotheringham, Ed (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : Scholastic, c2012.
Subjects:	First day of school > Juvenile fiction. Schools > Juvenile fiction. Macaroni penguin > Juvenile fiction. Penguins > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	It is the first day of school for Tony Baloney, the macaroni penguin, and he wants to follow all the class rules, but Tony has a way of finding trouble.
Physical Description:	39 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:	9780545481663 (paper over board) 054548166X (paper over board) 9780545481670 (pbk.) 0545481678 (pbk.)
Author Notes:	Author Pam Muñoz Ryan was born in Bakersfield, California on December 25, 1951. She received a B. A. in child development and a M. A. in education from San Diego State University. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked as a bilingual Head Start teacher and as an early childhood program administrator. At first, she wrote adult books about child development, but soon switched to writing children's books. She has written over twenty-five picture books, novels, and nonfiction books for young readers. The novel Esperanza Rising, winner of the Pura Belpre Medal, the Jane Addams Peace Award, an ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults, and the Americas Award Honor Book, is based on her own grandmother's immigration from Mexico to California. Riding Freedom has also won many awards including the national Willa Cather Award and the California Young Reader Medal. When Marian Sang, a picture book about singer Marian Anderson, won numerous awards including the ALA Sibert Honor and NCTE's Orbis Pictus Award. In 2015 her title Echo made The New York Times Best Seller List. She also won a Kirkus Prize in the children's literature category with her title 'Echo'. (Bowker Author Biography)