Teacher's Pet [Paperback]

Johanna Hurwitz (Author), Shelia Hamanaka (Illustrator)

Book Description

Cricket is looking forward to fourth grade. She is sure she will be the teacher's pet again. But Cricket is no longer the smartest student in class--not since Zoe Mitchell moved to town. Zoe wants to be friends, but can Cricket make friends with the competition?

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From Publishers Weekly

In the fourth grade, Cricket Kaufman finds to her dismay that her new teacher doesn't have pets, and the new girl turns out to be as clever as Cricket. Ages 7-10.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal

Grade 2-5 Cricket loved school and had always been the teacher's favorite, but fourth grade was not turning out the way she had planned. Her teacher did not have favorites; a new girl in town was challenging her position as best student in the class, and even her best intended efforts went wrong. Hurwitz has a fine-tuned ear for dialogue and an understanding eye for classrooom dy namics. Through the author's generous helping of humor and no preaching, Cricket and readers learn that a close friend and a teacher who is fair to all the students add up to a pretty good school year after all. Hurwitz sets up the situa tion quickly in the first few pages and keeps the plot moving so that even re luctant readers will be caught early and held. Amy Kellman, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 116 pages
• Publisher: Apple (September 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590420313
• ISBN-13: 978-0590420310
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,277,733 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Is Cricket still the teacher's pet?, February 13, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Teacher's Pet (Paperback)

This book is about a fourth grader named Cricket. Cricket is very smart and has always been the teacher's pet (favorite). She's always the student who gets to deliver a message to the office or be the lavatory captain. But this year, Cricket's teacher is different from the other ones. Her new teacher doesn't have any favorites. She is trying to make sure the teacher knows that she is very lucky to have her in her class. No matter what she tries, the teacher continues her policy of no favoritism.

Cricket is already feeling bad enough when a new student comes.
At first she thought it was okay, but since Zoe Mitchell is as
smart as her, it makes her angry. When the teacher says they
need Campbell's soup labels, Cricket thought she would be the
first one to get one for the class. Zoe told the teacher in
front of the whole class that she would have over a hundred
Campbell's labels by the end of the week. The next day Cricket
brought one label. On Friday, Zoe brought over 100 labels.
This made Cricket even madder. She felt Zoe was the teacher's
favorite. Does Cricket win the "contest" to be the teacher's pet? You will find out in this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Teacher's Pet, February 10, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Teacher's Pet (Paperback)

I think that this is a nice, enjoyable book and great for doing reports on. I think that boy's or girl's would like it but mostly girls. It's kind of funny and really draws you in. It's good for ages 6 and up because it's fun and easy to read!