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Miss Nelson Is Back

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~I read this book for the first time as a choice for storytelling in my forensics class, and as i developed the characters, voices, and knowledge of this book, the more i loved it! This book tells of school kids whose teacher leaves for a week to get her tonsils taken out, they think (on the assumption of an older kid) that they will get a mean horrid teacher named Viola Swamp!!! They end up getting the boring principal, eventually they get rid of him (I wont tell how) and they go out for fun~~ days galore. Its a hoot!~

Miss Nelson Is Back is written by James Marshall and Henry Allard, and was made for Miss Audrey Bruce.
This short story is about a group of nine children in classroom 209 with a teacher named Miss Nelson. When Miss Nelson is out for a week the children get a lesson taught to them that they will never forget.
Children will enjoy this book, because it is dealing with things that kids have to go through.
Children can learn a good lesson for school about not messing with a substitute teacher, because one time you might get a teacher that wont put up with any nonsense, and could punish them very bad by possibly putting them in detention or worse.

Miss Nelson must leave her class for a little while, and out of boredom the children begin to act up. Miss Nelson finds out about this and calls on her evil friend, the witch, Miss Viola Swamp. Just as in the previous book in this series (Miss Nelson is Missing), Miss Swamp puts the children's mischief to bed, and gets the kids working hard again.

I don't want to give away much more as I've probably already given away too much. But, suffice it to say that my kid loves this book, and my both me and my wife have fond memories of it from our respective childhood years. The book is 32 pages, beautifully illustrated and appropriate for readers aged 7-8.

Darien Summers, author of The Mischievous Hare, a childrens book. The Mischievous Hare

The Swamp has returned to Room 207 in this sequel to MISS NELSON IS MISISNG, and is even stranger and meaner than before. But that's only the beginning--as the kids in 207 have a chance to find out more about her...and who she is. That chance, however, is passed by. This isn't a novel--it had to be short and sweet. Too bad, though. Miss Nelson/The Swamp would have made a great main character for a novel.

Flashback: In the early nineties, I came across the children's book gem of the Miss Nelson series. For some reason or another these books were my childhood favorites. Like many things in life children's literature changed.

Flash-forward: My young adult life never provided me the opportunity to read children's books. That all changed when I decided to date my now fiancé, as she has a 5 year old son. Thanks to Amazon, I was able to find these books again. Now I can share a part of my childhood with my stepson. Needless to say, these books seem to be his new favorites, especially the football one.

The books were in brand-new condition as expected. The books offer a great message, great illustrations, and a great story. I would highly recommend them to anyone.

The narrator on this story is boring and all the voices are pretty monotone. I am an autism teacher and my students love "Miss Nelson is Missing" but they don't like this one as much because the characters are not as animated and there are less sound effects with this story as compared to "Miss Nelson is Missing." We still enjoy the story, just not the CD as much.

Book arrived quickly to San Antonio and was well packed and in perfect condition. However, as a kinder teacher, it is no longer the case. It is now well used, worn, and loved! :)

I remember this from my childhood and recently bought it for a friend's pre-k aged daughter who loved it and the original, Miss Nelson is missing.

A fun book that can withstand the test of 20+ years.

I loved the Viola Swamp series as a child. My daughter was very into reading so I purchased her this book as part of her Christmas presents. She liked it just as much as I did when I was young. I'm glad they haven't tried to update the artwork. I've noticed recently that some of the great books I had as a child are being published with updated artwork and I think it's terrible.

Miss Nelson had to get her tonsils out,so her class had a substitute teacher. The class was afraid they would get Miss Swamp as their substitute teacher . The principal was the first substitute . He was very boring,so the class disguised themselves as Miss Nelson. Then the class went to the movies and got candy. Miss Nelson saw the children and called the principal. The principal did not believe her. Miss Nelson really was Miss Swamp,so she dressed up in her Miss Swamp clothes and went to class. She tricked the class and then came back to school as Miss Nelson again.
I thought is was a pretty good book.