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Miss Child Has Gone Wild! (My Weirder School #1)
Weirder than ever!
The third grade has won a weird contest, so they get to go on a field trip to the zoo. That's how they meet Miss Child, the weirdest zookeeper in the history of the world. She thinks animals are smarter than people! She thinks elephants can paint pictures! She keeps snakes in her pockets for fun! Guess who's going to wind up in a cage with a lion?
The third grade has won a weird contest, so they get to go on a field trip to the zoo. That's how they meet Miss Child, the weirdest zookeeper in the history of the world. She thinks animals are smarter than people! She thinks elephants can paint pictures! She keeps snakes in her pockets for fun! Guess who's going to wind up in a cage with a lion?
Hardcover, 112 pages
Published
June 21st 2011
by HarperCollins
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Miss Child Has Gone Wild is the first book in the "My Weirder School" series. In this book, AJ, the main character, is a skateboard and penguin-loving third-grade boy whose world is rocked when a new skateboard and penguin-loving girl, also called AJ, joins his class. The class goes on a field trip to the zoo, where funny and weird situations develop.
I found this book to be the early chapter book equivalent to a Sophie Kinsella beach read. It's not something that is going to promote dicussion an...more
I found this book to be the early chapter book equivalent to a Sophie Kinsella beach read. It's not something that is going to promote dicussion an...more
Sep 05, 2012
Kirei
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A.J. (and the other A.J.)'s class takes a field trip to the zoo where Miss Child teaches them to respect animals and that animals are our friends blah blah blah blah blah. LOL
It was pretty funny.
"And what is something interesting about your dog?"
"He poops on the floor."
"Really? What does your mother do?"
"She poops in the bathroom."
"I dogsit."
"You sit on dogs?"
"No, dogsitting is like babysitting."
"You sit on babies?"
Third grade humor. Hardee har har. My son wants more.
It was pretty funny.
"And what is something interesting about your dog?"
"He poops on the floor."
"Really? What does your mother do?"
"She poops in the bathroom."
"I dogsit."
"You sit on dogs?"
"No, dogsitting is like babysitting."
"You sit on babies?"
Third grade humor. Hardee har har. My son wants more.
I love this series. They make me giggle. I love AJ, even though he is a lackadaisical (yep big word) 3rd grad be, he makes me laugh with his hyperbole (another big word...get a dictionary) I love that he says "We travel 100 million miles," and and "It lasted a 100 million hours" and he says "Everyone laughed, even though I didn't say anything funny" They are used in all the Dan Gutman books I have read. This is good early reader for boys, and girls will like it too. Fun
I have to say, I didn't think anything at the school or fieldtrip to the zoo was that weird. As an adult I have always struggled to enjoy many early chapter books and this was no exception. (When I was in school I loved the Polk Street School books by Patricia Reilly Giff as my first chapter books.) Dan Gutman is a great author and does have some interesting sentences in here. I'm sure kids enjoy this book more than I do.
May 20, 2012
Lisa
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Dan Gutman knows his audience - my 2nd and 3rd graders thought this book was HI_LAR_EEE_US!!!! AJ, the storyteller, has a perfect third grade voice and the kids collapsed into giggles many times during this read-aloud. I'm hoping it will inspire them to find more of these over the summer to read to themselves.
How can I not love a book that when shown to my daughter makes her jump up and down and insist on starting it at that very moment. Dan Gutman has nailed it when it comes to writing a fun series that makes kids want to do nothing more than read one more book, one more chapter just isn't enough.
I just read this book with my 5yr old. He loved it. Although it was a cute tale and a fun read,I wish the main character wasn't so negative. I did order the next few in the series for my son because he did enjoy it a lot.
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I didn't enjoy this series because it annoyed me that the protagonist, AJ, refers to everything as dumb, and doesn't listen to almost anyone in the story.
Jan 08, 2013
Rick Budding
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js-pj-fiction,
reviewed
A.J. and his classmates go on a field trip to the zoo. Miss Child, the zookeeper, shows the students that elephants can paint, that gorillas can use sign language and that lions and other animals will respect you if you show respect to them. Then something happens to one of the students that makes the kids wonder about Miss Child's ideas and calls them into rescue mode. Suitable for Gr. 2+.
I thought it was really funny. I think its funny that elephants could paint and that the gorilla could understand sign language.
--Brady
--Brady
This was what I expected. No wonder kids love it. Can't say I'm a fan, but I'm pretty sure I'm not the intended audience anyway. Oh well...
Dec 10, 2012
Kayla
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Very funny. Great for kids learning to read or as a story to be read to them. Great beginning chapter book that's fast paced and silly.
The same fun silliness as all the other Weird School books. Captain Underpants fans would like these.
This book was very funny. I liked when AJ met a girl that had the same name. I love this series.
Oct 10, 2012
Beth Cronk
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Would appeal to elementary school kids who want some mildly obnoxious humor and attitude.
I liked that book because it was funny. SY
My Weirder School series
its awesome
loved that book
I love this book.
Super funny book.
fun
No review.
This was one of the worst books I have ever read. A storyline was nonexistent and the ethics encouraged were deplorable. Though students may enjoy the text, I would never encourage it being read.
May 17, 2013
BlackhamBoys
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The author of over 80 books in a little over a decade of writing, Dan Gutman has written on topics from computers to baseball. Beginning his freelance career as a nonfiction author dealing mostly with sports for adults and young readers, Gutman has concentrated on juvenile fiction since 1995. His most popular titles include the time-travel sports book Honus and Me and its sequels, and a clutch of...more
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