BALONEY (HENRY P.) Jon Scieszka, , illus. by Lane Smith. . Viking, $15.99 (40pp) ISBN 978-0-670-89248-8. This book's gleaming silver cover and little green namesake signal intergalactic adventure.

NEW YORK — Jon Scieszka is speaking in tongues. Actually, the Brooklyn author is merely quoting from his just released children’s book, “Baloney (Henry P.).” The giddy tale, about a ...

Baloney (Henry P.)By Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane SmithViking, $15.99Ages 8-11 yearsJon Scieszka and Lane Smith are co-conspirators on a number of comic, allusive retellings, often of fairy ...

Consummate jester Smith (Baloney [Henry P.]) revisits the classic tale of a misbehaving puppet, and needless to say, this ain't 19th-century Italy. Smith summarizes all of the Pinocchio story in ...