Elizabeth tries to tell her family that there is something wrong with her new teacher, but they cannot see it, even though Miss Turtledove has orange eyes, eats desks, and throws fruit at the students.
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"Elizabeth noticed right away that her new teacher was a troll." She may go by the lovely name of Miss Turtledove, and the parents and principal may think she's pretty and pleasant, but Miss Turtledove's skin is the color of pale spiders and her hairy knuckles scrape against the floor. Elizabeth and her classmates know they're in trouble when their teacher chows down on all the chalk, gnaws on the desks, and sends kids to the principal's office for looking too neat during recess and not putting the letter x in the word shoe. Something has to be done before Miss Turtledove finishes eating all her students' backpacks, and starts in on the students themselves!
Bug-eyed, panicked children are in hilarious contrast to the oblivious adults in this over-the-top tale of scary teachers and thwarted intergenerational communication. Vivian Vande Velde and Mary Jane Auch capture the frustration of being too small to be heard, and too smart to ignore what's right in front of your very eyes, in a wonderfully witty book that will speak straight to the hearts of young readers everywhere. (Ages 5 to 9)--Emilie Coulter
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Grade 1-3-Miss Turtledove teaches her class that "Two plus two equals seventeen. Except on Tuesdays, when they're thirty-two." Her purple hair nest includes a canary, mouse, and spider. And she's a troll. Yet, no one but Elizabeth and her classmates can see this, despite their attempts to convince parents, siblings, and the principal of her odd behavior (desk gnawing) and jarring appearance. Unfortunately, this is a stock comedy routine that has one glorious moment of originality when the enamored troll kidnaps the principal. Even the ending is trite, when Miss Turtledove's replacement is a vampire. Auch's comical paintings done in garish colors fit the surreal tale. The artist alternates mundane scenes of kids, parents, and families with outrageously silly views of the teacher. This story does not rank high in quality but fans of Harry Allard's "Miss Nelson" (Houghton) may take to it like bats to the rafters.
Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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