"This excellent addition to the series is a perfect choice for newly independent readers."  — School Library Journal Iris and Walter are excited about performing in their first school play. Walter helps Iris make her costume. Iris helps Walter remember his lines. But when Iris wakes up sick on the morning of the play, she’s in for a big disappointment. Will the show go on without her? Praise for books in the series: [star]"Guest's economic eloquence is in perfect sync with Davenier's elegant watercolor and ink drawings."-- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Iris and Walter will join Frog and Toad and Henry and Mudge in a prominent place on the easy-reading shelves."-- The Bulletin Elissa Haden Guest is the author of Baby Builders , illustrated by Hiroe Nakata, and the award-winning Iris and Walter series. She holds an MFA in children’s literature from Hollins University and teaches classes in writing for children and young adults at Stanford Continuing Studies. She lives in San Francisco, California. Christine Davenier is an illustrator for young readers and for the French and American press. She illustrated the Very Fairy Princess books by actress Julie Andrews and her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton. She studied at the National School of Applied Arts in Paris and at the Rhode Island School of Design in the United States.