A class's new teacher, who leads the children in a number of very popular activities, turns out to be a gorilla.
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James Howe has written more than eighty books in the thirty-plus years he's been writing for young readers. It sometimes confuses people that the author of the humorous Bunnicula series also wrote the dark young adult novel, The Watcher, or such beginning reader series as Pinky and Rex and the E.B. White Read Aloud Award-winning Houndsley and Catina and its sequels. But from the beginning of his career (which came about somewhat by accident after asking himself what kind of vampire a rabbit might make), he has been most interested in letting his imagination take him in whatever direction it cared to. So far, his imagination has led him to picture books, such as I Wish I Were a Butterfly and Brontorina (about a dinosaur who dreams of being a ballerina), mysteries, poetry (in the upcoming Addie on the Inside), and fiction that deals with issues that matter deeply to him. He is especially proud of The Misfits, which inspired national No Name-Calling Week (www.nonamecallingweek.org) and its sequel Totally Joe. He does not know where his imagination will take him in the next thirty-plus years, but he is looking forward to finding out.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Funny and sweet,
By kennedy19 "kennedy19" (wakefield, ma USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Day The Teacher Went Bananas (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (School & Library Binding)
This one is a charming picture book for preschoolers on up through maybe second grade. One day a new teacher arrives at school. Dramatic irony kicks in; the reader can instantly tell that the "teacher" is in fact a gorilla, but the book's gentle humor comes from the kids in the story going along with the situation. Accordingly, they learn how to swing from trees and make a mess with art supplies and clang pots and pans for music. Along comes this principal, who informs the class that "there has been a terrible mistake" and that the *real* new teacher is here at last, having been sent to the zoo by mistake! Everything is thus cleared up, but the kids miss their "favorite teacher" and visit him at the zoo. Wonderful.
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The Day the Teacher Went Bananas,
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This review is from: The Day the Teacher Went Bananas (Picture Puffin) (Paperback)
In this story it is about a new teacher which happens to be a gorilla. When all the kids got to school they were not sure on what to call their new teacher because he never gave them his name. All he did was grunt a lot. In the school it was time for arithmetic and he showed them how to count on their toes. They also learned a new way to write. In science class they went outside. For lunch they went back into the classroom and ate lunch. They new teacher ate sixteen bananas! The kids all decided to bring in bananas to eat for lunch the next day so they could be like their new teacher!This book teaches that even if you are not the best teacher or your not suited for the job you can always teach someone somewhere something new. The age level for this book is 3-8. I thought that this book was very good and I would recommend it for little kids.
6 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ha ha,
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This review is from: The Day the Teacher Went Bananas (Turtleback)
Oh, this is really funny. Greatly understated humor and charming illustrations make this a winning children's book.
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One day a new teacher arrived at our school. Read the first page New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
One day a new teacher arrived at our school. Read the first page New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Teaching Second Grade (Grades 2) by Valerie SchifferDanoff on page 30
- Rookie Teaching For Dummies by W. Michael Kelley on page 91
- Dinosaurs: The Fastest, The Fiercest, The Most Amazing by Elizabeth MacLeod in Back Matter
- Literature for Lively Lessons by Sheila Edwards on page 85
- Books Kids Will Sit Still For: A Read-Aloud Guide Second Edition by Judy Freeman on page 135
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