Messy Bessey and the Birthday Overnight Author:Patricia McKissack, Fredrick McKissack, Dana Regan (Illustrator) All Rookie Readers actively engage young readers, encouraging language development, building fluency, and promoting independent reading. By targeting a skill, like learning about rhymes, young readers are building fundamental reading skills with the help of fun, lively, colorfully illustrated stories. — Messy Bessey shows herself to be a true fri... more »end and a good guest when she helps to clean up after a messy birthday sleepover.« less