Minerva Louise at School [Paperback]

Janet Morgan Stoeke (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 19, 1999 | Age Level: 4 and up | Series: Minerva Louise

Out for an early morning walk, Minerva Louise the hen sees a big, fancy "barn" with a flag out front and brightly decorated windows. She just has to explore the "stalls" with "milking stools," the "pigpen," and (most important for a hen) the "nesting boxes." Young children--who know a school when they see one--will delight in the intrepid hen's third birdbrained adventure.

"Delightful...Minerva Louise's goofy perceptions and enterprising spirit are sure to tickle preschoolers." --Kirkus Reviews

* A Picture Puffin
* Full-color illustrations
* 24 pages
* 10 x 8
* Ages 2-6

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Minerva Louise might be reckoned an Amelia Bedelia of the animal world. Here the curious hen mistakes a school for a barn, a janitor for a farmer and a baseball for an egg. Ages 2-6. (Sept.)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 2?Minerva Louise makes a third appearance here in a story that will delight her numerous fans. This time the chatty chicken wanders into a red school building, thinking it is a fancy barn. She mistakenly identifies stalls (classrooms), milking stools (story-time seats), nesting boxes (children's cubbies), and even a nest with an egg (baseball glove with a ball). She hurries home with new decorating ideas, comfortably settling down amidst a hose, seed packets, pencil, and even winter mittens. This is a picture book with a minimum of words for maximum appeal. Stoekes's vibrant, happy illustrations fill the pages with humor and excitement. The bright primary colors are a perfect foil for this goofy, lumpy white hen. Another winner for preschoolers and beginning readers alike.?Beth Tegart, Oneida City Schools, NY
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 24 pages
• Publisher: Puffin (July 19, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140562877
• ISBN-13: 978-0140562873
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 7.6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,659,231 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars She may be a chicken, but she's no bird brain!, August 16, 2000

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K. Bennett (Rolla, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Minerva Louise at School (Paperback)

The world looks different when you're a chicken. Your kids might know what a school looks like, even if they haven't spent much time in one, but to Minerva Louise, an inquisitive hen, that big empty building she encounters during her early morning walk is a wonderful, fancy barn. She filters everything she sees through her own experience, so that the custodian raising the flag becomes the farmer hanging his laundry out to dry, and the wastebasket at the side of the teacher's desk becomes a feed bucket. The kids' cubby holes are nesting boxes -- there's even one with an egg in it. To Minerva it's an egg, but your kids will recognize it as a baseball nestled in a ball glove. This is another great book if you need something light-hearted to calm first-day jitters. The illustrations are crisp and bright, and it's hard not to like Minerva Louise, even if she is a silly goose, er, chicken.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We love this screwball feather-brain!, February 8, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Minerva Louise at School (Paperback)

My 2.5 year old just loves Minerva Louise. What a funny hen...even the name is very catchy! My daughter delights in telling Minerva Louise how mistaken she is in her "know-it-all" assessments of the world! And Minerva Louise is often listed as one my daughter's "friends" whenever we're going down the list of her good friends! We read this book thru the library, but now I am ordering all 3 books on her. What a funny, silly, and love-able hen!

4.0 out of 5 stars Yay Minerva!, October 6, 2008

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Backroads "Scatter-brained book fan" (Cache Valley, Utah) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Minerva Louise at School (Paperback)

This is the charming story of a feather-headed (pun intended) hen who sees everything only in terms she can understand, which leads to hysterical discrepencies when she enters an elementary school. It's witty, fresh, and sweet, and kids will love it.