Teaching Is a Learning Experience!: A For Better or For Worse Collection (For Better or for Worse Collections) [Paperback]

Lynn Johnston (Author)

Book Description

Series: For Better or for Worse Collections | Publication Date: March 1, 2007

Lynn Johnston's award-winning For Better or For Worse comic strip is the world's most popular strip in which characters evolve through age and experience, rather than remaining frozen in time. Fans appreciate that the daily doings of the Patterson family often closely resemble their own.

Featuring more than 43 weeks of strips, with Sundays in color, this collection features Elizabeth's developing teaching skills working in a northern First Nation's community, Mike and Deanna's move to Mrs. Saltzman's upstairs apartment, April's confrontation of teenage issues like acne and self-image, while John and Elly face middle-age ailments and the possibility of retirement. For Better of For Worse has been syndicated since 1979 and has been named Best Syndicated Comic Strip by the National Cartoonists Society. The strip boasts a lively Web presence at www.fborfw.com

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About the Author

Lynn Johnston was born in Collingwood, Ontario, and grew up in British Columbia. Today, she lives in Corbeil, Ontario. Johnston is the first woman to receive a Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year by the National Cartoonists Society, has received the Order of Canada, and claims a star on Canada's Walk of Fame.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (March 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0740763547
• ISBN-13: 978-0740763540
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #168,630 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lynn Johnston lives in Corbeil, Ontario, Canada. She was the first woman to win the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year in 1985. In the summer of 2008, she was inducted into the "Giants of the North," the Canadian Cartoonists Hall of Fame.
www.fborfw.com

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More than an experience!, April 2, 2007

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Ilona J. Shecter "classics lover" (California USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teaching Is a Learning Experience!: A For Better or For Worse Collection (For Better or for Worse Collections) (Paperback)

As a teacher, I have found this particular volume of Lynn Johnson's to touch a particular chord with me. But then again, I have been using her cartoon strips to teach with, for years. Her gentle yet penetrating way of looking at life with children, from babyhood through the teen years with its peer pressure, to adulthood, make me laugh out loud and cry as well. Long may she put out her strip, well into great grandmotherhood!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love these people, July 13, 2007

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Philly Shaw (St. Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teaching Is a Learning Experience!: A For Better or For Worse Collection (For Better or for Worse Collections) (Paperback)

I know it's a cartoon, but Lynn Johnston captures home life so well that I feel I've known this family intimately for years. I'm fascinated by Elizabeth's choice to teach in such a remote area. I learn so much from her experiences there. I've got all the books from the first and frequently reread them from start to finish. This latest is in perfect keeping with the others. As Lynn takes us further from home base, we become involved with those extended people in the lives of Ellie's children. There's a whole world there that we will miss when Lynn decides it's time to pack it in.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lynn does it again!, November 14, 2009

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MomofTwo (TX) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Teaching Is a Learning Experience!: A For Better or For Worse Collection (For Better or for Worse Collections) (Paperback)

What really can be said? Anyone following the Patterson family will love this edition of storyline! Lynn's style and talent continue with her at the top of her craft once again.