West Routt Library District

When Aldo Zelnick's painter grandmother gives him a sketchbook to use during summer vacation, he starts to fill it in with pictures and text, even though he thinks that being artsy is uncool at first, in a book featuring vocabulary starting with A.

Twelve-year-old Aldo Zelnick receives a sketchbook from his grandma and fills it with drawings that recount his adventures with his friends, including their efforts to find a diamond ring with a thousand dollar reward.

Aldo and his friend, Jack, find a fossil in the neighborhood ditch.

When his school cafeteria eliminates sausage pizza and chocolate milk and incorporates healthier choices into its menu, Aldo Zelnick decides to fight back, recording it all in his illustrated journal.