Pub Date: July 24, 2001
Dewey: E
LCCN: 00053514
Lexile Code: 0500
Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 04 to 08
Physical Info: 0.38" H x 11.24" L x 9.32" W ( 0.87 lbs) 32 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | School & Education | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance | Humorous Stories | Readers | Chapter Books | Activity Books | General | Family | Siblings | Values & Virtues
Description: Newbery Medal-winning author Creech and celebrated "New Yorker" cartoonist Bliss team up in this charming and hilarious book about what happens when a principal and his students take their love of learning a bit too far. Full color.
Brief description:
Sharon Creech has written twenty-one books for young people and is published in over twenty languages. Her books have received awards in both the U.S. and abroad, including the Newbery Medal for Walk Two Moons, the Newbery Honor for The Wanderer, and Great Britain's Carnegie Medal for Ruby Holler.
Before beginning her writing career, Sharon Creech taught English for fifteen years in England and Switzerland. She lives in Maine, "lured there by my grandchildren," Creech says.
www.sharoncreech.com
Review Quotes:
"Charming, rhythmical and humorous." - BookPage.com
"Definitely a fine, fine book." - New York Times Book Review
"This timely story touches a nerve with a kindly delivery." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"This book has it all: a fine, fresh idea; a witty text that's fun to read aloud, and intelligent, amusing art." - ALA Booklist