Early one morning a boy comes into town looking for work.
It is a Common Core State Standards Text Exemplar (Grades 2-3, Read-Aloud Story)..
Here Allen Say tells a haunting story of dreams and choices for readers of all ages.
Is it real? Together, they go to find out.
As they are about to paint the last sign, the boy looks up and sees in the distance a magnificent structure.
They do not know its meaning.
Each billboard has only one word, Arrowstar.
He meets a Sign Painter who takes him on as a helper, and they are commissioned to paint a series of billboards in the desert.
Early one morning a boy comes into town looking for work