Totally Tardy Marty — Erica S. Perl

Totally Tardy Marty just can't seem to get to school on time. Not when there are so many better things to do in the mornings, like invent Toast-on-a-Rope, fight a giant squid in the laundry, or follow some ants up a tree. And so he's tardy, every day, much to the smug delight of Never-Late Kate, who thinks she's sooo great. But then one day, Kate helps Marty out of a jam (or rather, a tree), and the two end up playing together, have a surprisingly good time, and are both late. An unlikely friendship is born, through which Marty learns a trick or two for punctuality, and Kate discovers the virtues of stopping to smell the roses.

From "Chicken Butt!" author Erica Perl and celebrated illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka comes this playful story of opposites who don't just attract, but also learn a lot from their complementing personalities.