Chad's Big Goal

The students in Mr Grizley’s class are each setting a goal for themselves. Chad sets a goal to run to the top of a big hill near school. But when the time comes to tackle his goal, he starts to doubt himself. Will Chad reach his big goal?

Each story in this early chapter book series focuses on a different classmate and is especially designed to build social emotional learning skills, complete with a related activity at the end of each story. Read along to hang out with the best class around – Mr Grizley’s Class!

Author Biography

Bryan Patrick Avery discovered his love of reading and writing at an early age when he received his first Bobbsey Twins Mystery. He writes picture books, chapter books, middle grade, and graphic novels. His middle grade story, “The Magic Day Mystery,” was published in 2020 in Super Puzzletastic Mysteries, an anthology from Harpercollins and the Mystery Writers of America. His debut picture book, The Freeman Field Photograph was published in 2020. Bryan lives in northern California with his family. Arief Putra loves working and drawing in his home studio at the corner of Yogyakarta City, Indonesia. He enjoys coffee, cooking, space documentaries, and solving the Rubik’s Cube. Living in a small house in a rural area with his wife and two sons, Arief has a big dream to spread positivity around the world through his art.