My Weird School #2: Mr. Klutz Is Nuts! [Paperback]

Dan Gutman (Author), Jim Paillot (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up | Series: My Weird School

Never before has school been this mixed up—or this much fun!

Principal Klutz was hanging upside down from the school flagpole! He kissed a pig on the lips and painted his bald head orange! And now he wants to bungee jump off the roof of the school dressed as Santa Claus!

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 2-3–This humorous story features a nontraditional but goodhearted principal who skateboards to school and constantly challenges students to strive for academic excellence. When second-grader A.J. gets sent to the office because he didn't do his homework, Mr. Klutz gives him a candy bar as an incentive to try harder. Then the man proposes that if all students in the school complete one million math problems he will throw a chocolate party with all the treats they can eat. Other challenges follow, as Mr. Klutz promises to climb the flagpole if the kids complete Election Day essays, dress up in a turkey costume and ride a pogo stick down Main Street when they compile a list of 100,000 spelling words, etc. Although the children hold up their end of each bargain, they begin to worry about Mr. Klutz as his promises get weirder and weirder. Eventually, they tell him that they will stop learning unless he stops his crazy antics. Black-and-white cartoons add to the silliness, and the large print and simple vocabulary make this an easy chapter book that will satisfy newly confident as well as reluctant readers who ask for funny books.–Kristina Aaronson, Henniker Community School, NH
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” … an easy chapter book that will satisfy newly confident as well as reluctant readers who ask for funny books.” (School Library Journal )

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (June 29, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060507020
• ISBN-13: 978-0060507022
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #78,858 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #37 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators, A-Z > ( G ) > Gutman, Dan

More About the Author

This is hard. I'm a pretty regular Jersey guy who spent fifteen years trying to write newspaper articles, magazine articles, screenplays, books for adults, and just about everything else before I discovered the one thing I'm good at--writing fiction for kids. I aim for kids who DON'T like to read, and hopefully the kids who DO like to read will enjoy my stuff too. For all the gory details about me, check out my web site.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Series, January 10, 2008

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Reading Teacher "Mr. W" (NEW YORK, NEW YORK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Weird School #2: Mr. Klutz Is Nuts! (Paperback)

I am 8 years old and Mr. Klutz is Nuts is another great addition to the My Weird School Series. There are 19 books in this series. This series is about a kid named AJ and his two best friends. He goes to this very, very, very, very, very weird school. So, I think that if you like funny stories you will sure like this. You do not have to read them in order so you get to choose which you should read first.

By AG

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mr. Klutz is Nuts, May 22, 2007

A Kid's Review

This review is from: My Weird School #2: Mr. Klutz Is Nuts! (Paperback)

If you like to laugh, then you have to read Mr. Klutz is Nuts by Dan Gutman. It is a humorous fiction book. This story takes place at a school during the school year. A.J. is a lazy amd unmotivated student at school. He is always saying that school is a waste of time. Mr. Klutz is a wacky and crazy risk-taker. He is always doing dangerous stunts. A.J. doesn't want Mr. Klutz to get hurt. Throughout the school year, Mr. Klutz tries to get the students invloved and interested in school. In the book, A.J. tries to problem solve. He tries to stop Mr. Klutz from doing crazy things. Mr. Klutz climbed the flag pole one day and couldn't get down, so the school called the fire department. My favorite character was Mr. Klutz, because he is a very cool principal. He tries to get the students to enjoy school.

I cannot relate to the characters in the book, because they do very silly things in school. At my school, we take school more seriously. I've acted like Mr. Klutz before. I like to motivate the boys on my baseball team to do well. This is my text-to-self connection. Mr. Klutz motivated the kids to do well in school.

This book was so exciting. I loved it. I would not like to change anything in this book, because it was well written. I think any kid with a sense of humor would enjoy this book. I believe third and fourth graders would really enjoy reading this book.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An awesome book of my favourite school, October 23, 2005

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Yousuf Anwer (Karachi, Pakistan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Weird School #2: Mr. Klutz Is Nuts! (Paperback)

I really enjoyed this book. I would love to have a principal like Mr Klutz because he would do really funny things and if we studied extremely hard he would give us very interesting field trips. I think this is better than the first book (Miss Daisy is Crazy) because it has more interesting ideas for example in the first book AJ made Mr Klutz wear a gorilla outfit and change the school into a video arcade but in this book AJ makes him kiss a pig and climb a flagpole. In addition once when AJ was sent to the principal's office, Mr Klutz was hanging upside down from the ceiling like a bat. I am looking forward to reading the other books in the series.