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The Principal From The Black Lagoon

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The Principal from the Black lagoon

Mike Thaler wrote a book called "The Principal from the Black Lagoon",also this book was pubished by Scholastic books. This is a short book ,there are 30 pags in the book.This book is written for 5 to 8 years old I think.
The main character is Hubie,he listen's to what people say,but they aren't true.
Hubie goes to the principal's office because he did something to his teacher.
A connection that I have for this book is that I have went to the principal's office when I was little.
I liked it when Hubie was talking about what the principal did to the kids.I did not like it when he was talking bad about the principal.I liked it because it was funny.

In the beginning a boy had to go to the Principal's office. There was a rumor going around the school that the Principal was a monster. Doris Foodle got sent there for chewing gum and they say her skeleton head is still there with a piece of gum in her mouth, but in the end the Principal was really nice and she was not scary at all.
We think that you would like this book because it makes you think the Principal is something she's not.

This book is the first sequel in the "Black Lagoon" series, coming after "The Teacher from the Black Lagoon." But this book's poor continuity is a serious detriment; simply put, this book makes no sense in relation to its predecessor.

In the first book "Teacher," the child (whose name, as we learn in "Principal," is Hubie) worries on the first day of school whether his teacher will be Mr. Smith (with dandruff and warts) or Mrs. Jones (with whip and wig). But Hubie is mortified to learn that his teacher will instead be the "real monster" Mrs. Green, and Hubie has nightmarish daydreams about her. Of course, in the end he finds out that Mrs. Green is actually a very nice "pretty woman," and there was nothing to fear.

"Principal" opens with Hubie being ordered out of the classroom by Mrs. Jones and sent to the principal's office. Hubie worries about the stories he's heard about the principal...Mrs. Green. He imagines Mrs. Green to be the same monster as in "Teacher," and then is surprised when she turns out to be a "pretty woman."

Why is Hubie now in Mrs. Jones' class? It would seem that this is the same school year as in "Teacher," since Mrs. Jones was a possibility for Hubie's teacher. And why is Mrs. Green now the principal?

Okay, so maybe Mrs. Green got promoted to principal in the middle of the year. (What happened to Mr. Bender?) And maybe someone else took over Mrs. Green's class, and Mrs. Jones is just Hubie's English teacher. That's all feasible. But why did Hubie not know that Mrs. Green was now the principal? Why does he go through the entire fantasy sequence again about someone he's already met? Why is there no recollection when he finally does see Mrs. Green again: "Oh, of course! Mrs. Green, my old teacher, is now the principal! How could I possibly have forgotten that?"

Furthermore, Hubie describes the sad fates that "they say" happened to his classmates from "Teacher" when they had to visit the principal, those classmates being Doris Foodle, Derek Bloom, Freddy Jones, and Eric Porter. Of Derek Bloom, for instance: "They say he wound up with the head of a dog." Why does Hubie not know all of this to be untrue? These are his classmates!

Thaler wisely abandoned the usage of "Mrs. Green" from this point on (though the next book, "The Gym Teacher from the Black Lagoon" features a Mr. Green). But he should have thought things through much more clearly in this, the first sequel in the franchise.

I still have not received this item. Ordered it a week ago and nothing yet. Not sure how to rate this item if I have yet to receive it

I got these books as end of year presents for the school staff - the loved them. These books are really gems.

We have quite a few of the books in this series and my kids enjoy them so much.

Every book in this series is outstanding and much liked by children. The only caveat I would add is to the happy endings; not always true in real life. Sometimes lunch ladies ARE bears, and sometimes, so are teachers and principals. To the children of those famously obnoxious types who don't earn their paychecks and have no talent for the job, my sympathies. I've been there, and so have my children.

(As told to me by my eight-year-old brother)--If you likestrange books, this is the book for you. Find out what happens when akid has to go to the principals office, after hearing alot of bad stories about the principal. It is a very funny book, and shows just how a kids imagination can turn a normal person into something strange. Other kids will really like this book.