Twelve-year-old Ava finds an old pencil in her family's junk drawer and discovers, during a math test, that it will answer factual questions, so she and her best friend Sophie have a great time--and Ava grows in self-confidence--until the pencil reveals a truth about her family that Ava would rather not know.
Presents an introduction to how a pencil is made, in simple text with illustrations, tracing the process by which wood, graphite, clay, metal, and rubber are brought together to create this writing utensil.
Fifth-grader Bob and his best friend Clementine are visited by the superhero Hot Dog from the planet Dogzalot to warn of an invasion of evil pencils with plans to erase the whole world.
Once upon a time, in pencil school, a brave little red pencil sets out to write an exciting story with nouns and adverbs and everything--but first she has to face the ravenous pencil sharpener, the Wolf 3000.
A grandfather tells his young grandson about a pencil he once had which magically wrote tales of its life and the lives of its friends: the paper, table, door, and floor.
