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Wayside School Is Falling Down (Wayside School)
"A sequel to Sachar's Sideway Stories from Wayside School, this offers thirty more episodes about the children whose classroom is on the thirtieth floor of the world's wackiest elementary school....Sachar's humor is right on target for middle-grade readers." -- Booklist.
"Children who relish the ridiculous will enjoy themselves tremendously." -- Publishers Weekly.
"Children who relish the ridiculous will enjoy themselves tremendously." -- Publishers Weekly.
Hardcover, 192 pages
Published
March 22nd 1989
by HarperCollins
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If only all schools could be as much fun as this one. One of my favorite children's books.
I read this book because my 2nd-grader liked it so much and recommended it to me. He normally will tell me about books he's read, but since this was the first one he wanted me to read, I thought I'd give it a try. Plus, I wanted to be able to discuss it knowledgably with him. Louis Sachar is a clever writer who, I believe, appeals to all ages. His many puns and literal interpretations of figurative sayings were delightful, and my son and I enjoyed talking about our favorite parts. Here's one we...more
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1. Fantasy
2. In this wacky school, where the students in Mrs. Jewls's class must climb 30 flights of stairs to get to their classroom, all kinds of things are always happening whether its Benjamin (whose just moved here from Magadomia!) who pretends that his name is really Mark Miller so that he doesn't upset his new teacher Mrs. Jewls's, or students taking up the whole lesson talking about socks, or Dana whose not quite sure whether or not she likes humans or not, even though she is one! These...more
2. In this wacky school, where the students in Mrs. Jewls's class must climb 30 flights of stairs to get to their classroom, all kinds of things are always happening whether its Benjamin (whose just moved here from Magadomia!) who pretends that his name is really Mark Miller so that he doesn't upset his new teacher Mrs. Jewls's, or students taking up the whole lesson talking about socks, or Dana whose not quite sure whether or not she likes humans or not, even though she is one! These...more
In the next installment of the Wayside School stories, we are introduced to some new characters such as Mr. Kidswatter, the principal, and the new kid, Mark Miller, who’s too shy to tell everyone his name is actually Benjamin Nushmutt. The reading of it is made better by the illustrations of Joel Schick. The kids are really really cute. So cute that they could be mistaken for monkeys (see the illustration of Myron with the adorable black button eyes and bowtie). And I could almost taste those To...more
Sachar, L. (1989). Wayside School Is Falling Down. New York: Avon Books.
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Continuing with the Wayside Series, what’s interesting with the second book is that, while the majority of chapters are still character sketches, there is more overlap and continuation of conflicts among the chapters. (The same is true for the third book as well).
Students that liked the first book will undoubtedly like the second and third books as well (however, usually disappointments about with the fourth book)....more
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Continuing with the Wayside Series, what’s interesting with the second book is that, while the majority of chapters are still character sketches, there is more overlap and continuation of conflicts among the chapters. (The same is true for the third book as well).
Students that liked the first book will undoubtedly like the second and third books as well (however, usually disappointments about with the fourth book)....more
This was one of my favorite books in elementary, and it stands the test of the re-read! Such an adorable collection of stories that took me right back to my childhood. I wasn't as familiar with the characters as I used to be, but that's not much of a surprise. Before, I would have been able to offer a brief character synopsis as well as the name of the love interest of any child you mentioned. Now, not so much, but the book is still charming and delightful. It's surprisingly clever and funny for...more
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Haydee mendoza pd 4 179 pages. This book is the second book in the Wayside School series. The kids are back at wayside school! Mrs. Jewls teaches the class in the 30th floor which is the most craziest class. Everyone has interesting adventures or they get into lots of trouble. a different chapter is always a new surprise about another student. At the end everyones problems are solved.
Not as good as Sideways Stories From Wayside School - some of the stories just seemed too in-your-face, like the one that was written entirely backwards. But I did enjoy the story of the nineteenth storey and numerous other surreal episodes (like Benjamin Nushmutt being known as Mark Miller or some innocuous name, for most of his time in Wayside School). The weirdness factor is still high. What I particularly like about this is how Sachar has obviously made use of his experience in an elementary...more
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Wayside School is a weird school full of weird kids & teachers that has 30 stories & is missing the 19th floor. This book talks about a teacher named Mrs.Jewels & her class which contains 29 kids. Each chapter talks about each kid in her class.
When I read this book, I thought wow, this book is really weird. It talks about Mrs.Jewels throwing a computer down the window to show her students how gravity is like. If it was the real world, she would've gotten in trouble. It talks about th
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Dec 12, 2010
JoAnn Courtney
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I totally forgot how AMAZING this series is!! I laughed so much reading this book and Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger <3 I used to read it a ton when I was littler ^^ Hahahah, the last time I read this was so long ago that I forgot the story, but as I was reading, parts came back to me and I remembered what was about to happen =] Its so witty and hilarious and full of nonsense that makes sense <3 I wish he would make a fourth one.. Its one of those books that I know I'll read over an...more
Thanks again to Cindy for introducing my kids and I to this series. We're absolutely loving it. We just finished Wayside School is Falling Down reading one story/chapter each night. I personally liked this book's stories a bit more than the first book. Each of the stories was a little bit longer than in the first book and they also went even farther along the creativity continuum in terms of using new and intriguing storytelling elements.
As with Sideways Stories from Wayside School, each chapte...more
As with Sideways Stories from Wayside School, each chapte...more
I wanted to delve into this crazy set of stories where math is done a whole different way etc.. after discovering 'Holes', but, oddly enough, a manager where I worked at the time heard me talking about this and she was like, 'oh no, don't bother, we've read them all (at her house) and they were really a disappointment'. Now, normally, that wouldn't be the end of it, but given the nature of it all, I wanted to read this with my daughter, not alone, and she also wasn't that interested. So we never...more
Here`s the second book of Wayside School,it`s getting a little stanger this book is packed with SUPER funny stories, like when Todd doesn`t even know how to count and he has to miss his recess because Ms.Jewls wants him to learn,she said,"One day you will just wake up and know how to count." And then one day Todd wakes up and knows how count and then he goes to school and tells Ms.Jewls that he knows how to count and then Ms.Jewls said,"If you know how to count then count." So then Todd says 0-1...more
So funny and sooooooooooooo good :)
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Jun 17, 2011
Shannon
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Children, Elementary School Teachers, Parents
This was the first book I ever bought at a school book fair and it will remain one of my favorites. I recently decided to read one chapter of it each night to my 6 year old son. I loved the sounds of his giggles and howling laughter as I read the stories that made me laugh so hard I couldn't breathe as a child. I was afraid that he wouldn't love the stories as much as I had as a child. I was also afraid that I wouldn't find the stories as entertaining this time around. I was very wrong! The deli...more
Interest Level: 3-6
Reading Level: 3.9
Subjects:
Show-and-tell presentations Fiction.
Schools Fiction.
Humorous stories.
Humorous fiction.
Illustrator: McCauley, Adam
Notes: Originally published: New York : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1989.;Sequel to: Sideways Stories from Wayside School. More humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, where students learn to tango, face the cafeteria's dreaded mushroom surprise, and study a hobo during show-and-tell.
Reading Level: 3.9
Subjects:
Show-and-tell presentations Fiction.
Schools Fiction.
Humorous stories.
Humorous fiction.
Illustrator: McCauley, Adam
Notes: Originally published: New York : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1989.;Sequel to: Sideways Stories from Wayside School. More humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, where students learn to tango, face the cafeteria's dreaded mushroom surprise, and study a hobo during show-and-tell.
English 425 Submitter’s name: Caitlin Turner
Book Bank Book Bank subject: Book I read
Reference information:
Title: Wayside School is Falling Down
Author: Louis Sachar
Publisher: Harper Collins Year: 1989
# of pages: 179 Genre: Comedy
Reading level: 9-12 Interest level: fifth grade- seventh grade
Potential hot lava:
None
General response/reaction: It kept my interest. It’s a funny book, full of odd occurrences. It is a good book for a lower level reader. It is a very comical book with funny characters an...more
Book Bank Book Bank subject: Book I read
Reference information:
Title: Wayside School is Falling Down
Author: Louis Sachar
Publisher: Harper Collins Year: 1989
# of pages: 179 Genre: Comedy
Reading level: 9-12 Interest level: fifth grade- seventh grade
Potential hot lava:
None
General response/reaction: It kept my interest. It’s a funny book, full of odd occurrences. It is a good book for a lower level reader. It is a very comical book with funny characters an...more
This book is the third in the series about Wayside School. Wayside School is a strange school that is 30 stories tall. The classroom at the very top, room 30, is the focus of the stories. The book is basically a compilation of short stories about the students in room 30 and the events that take place involving room 30. I believe this book is a nice addition to the classroom library I am creating. I love Louis Sachar, so I will be collecting quite a few of his books.
May 01, 2011
Jessica
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Combined review of Sideways Stories from Wayside School and Wayside School Is Falling Down: The Wayside School books focus on being as absurd as possible. They're about a school that was built sideways, thirty floors one on top of the next, and each short chapter tells a story that heads in exactly the opposite direction that one might expect. Both Sideways Stories from Wayside School and Wayside School Is Falling Down are fun, light reads.
Extremely clever book. My son wanted to read it badly. Thank you, Mr. Sachar.
I noticed Glee used one of the same jokes. I watching the show (Season three, Episode two) and heard the joke, "What is the capitol of Ohio?" "O." Then later that same day I read the same joke in the book (which is at least twenty years older than the TV show, of course.) LOL
Anyway, definitely recommend this, but it is second in the series, so read the first one first.
I noticed Glee used one of the same jokes. I watching the show (Season three, Episode two) and heard the joke, "What is the capitol of Ohio?" "O." Then later that same day I read the same joke in the book (which is at least twenty years older than the TV show, of course.) LOL
Anyway, definitely recommend this, but it is second in the series, so read the first one first.
Leif: I loved the part when they thought Wayside School was falling down. My favorite character is Mrs. Jewls. My favorite story was "Wayside School is Falling Down" (falling down, falling down. Wayside School is falling down...
Amber: I liked the two stories about socks and potatoes. My favorite story was "Wayside School is Falling Down" because the building gets filled with cows. I liked Mrs. Jewls best. And I liked when the students sang "Wayside school is falling down."
Amber: I liked the two stories about socks and potatoes. My favorite story was "Wayside School is Falling Down" because the building gets filled with cows. I liked Mrs. Jewls best. And I liked when the students sang "Wayside school is falling down."
Wayside school is falling down ....
Kids go splat as they hit the ground ...
Broken bones and blood and gore ...
We don't have no school no more ...
My fair lady
Wayside school is Falling down perfectly captures the absurd and comedic sensibilities of elementary school children. It is at times darkly funny and subversively critical of conformity and the school system. My 7-year-old and I caught a bad case of the giggles while reading it.
Kids go splat as they hit the ground ...
Broken bones and blood and gore ...
We don't have no school no more ...
My fair lady
Wayside school is Falling down perfectly captures the absurd and comedic sensibilities of elementary school children. It is at times darkly funny and subversively critical of conformity and the school system. My 7-year-old and I caught a bad case of the giggles while reading it.
I was first introduced to this story as a third grader in elementary school. Now that I'm a third grade teacher, I read this to my students each year (2 years going strong!) and they love it. The best part about reading this fun, comical story to them is that they get into the author & want to read other stories by Louis Sachar! I highly recommend this non-sensical, light-hearted fun book for anyone - especially those that are children at heart.
May 06, 2013
Laurel Garver
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Some of the stories had my daughter and I laughing our heads off, some are simply cute. I think my kid asked for this to be read to her because she thought it would be more fun to share than read alone. We did have some great conversations spawned by the situations the kids in Ms. Jewls class get themselves into.
And golly I loved Benjamin Nushmutt. As a kid, I often fantasized about changing my name to something not oddball among my peers. I was sure life would be perfect if I could be Lisa or...more
And golly I loved Benjamin Nushmutt. As a kid, I often fantasized about changing my name to something not oddball among my peers. I was sure life would be perfect if I could be Lisa or...more
Another read from 5th grade, if memory serves me correctly...Mrs. Miller continued w/the "Wayside" stories and read us Wayside School is Falling Down after she finished reading us Sideways Stories from Wayside School. (Otherwise, I must have read this on my own--along w/all the other eager 5th graders who wanted to see what havoc was ensuing at Wayside:) ) I believe Mrs. Miller continued the saga for us, though.
This sequel to the original Wayside school is just as backwards and hilarious as the first. I believe children enjoy these books because they are a little bit nonsensical and these books can make you laugh while also making you think about what the book is talking about. Louis Sachar is truly an amazing writer and he appeals to children of many different age groups.
I would have the wayside school books in my library classroom and suggest them to any student but especially students who don't care...more
I would have the wayside school books in my library classroom and suggest them to any student but especially students who don't care...more
Lucuuuu. Tapi entah klo bagi anak-anak buku ini lucu ga ya. Klo aku yang baca sih sampai ngikik sendiri. Murid dan guru sama-sama aneh. Cerita soal lantai 19 dan bab 19-nya unik. Bab 19-nya sampai tiga kali. 'Dibalas' oleh bab Eric, Eric dan Eric yang memakan tiga bab sekaligus untuk membahas ketiga Eric (dalam satu bab). Cerita soal Benjamin dan guru pengganti juga keren. Pokoknya buku ini keren :D.
Does anyone else remember that heavenly smell of newsprint in school when you fill out your order form for your book club? And your moms neatly signed check in your chubby fist, paper clipped to your book mark sized list ready to turn in. *batts eyes* And the excitement when you see piles and piles of books rubber banded together knowing your about to get your hands on your own stack. Sorry, got lost in a moment.
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This book is about a bunch of wacky stories. Don't try Miss Mushes Mushroom Suprise. Don't look at Calvin's Birthday tattoo. Don't look at Maurecia in her striped bikini. This book made me think of ASES wacky day. I read this book because my sister Courtney said it was funny and she was right. You should read this book if you love wacky books and characters. I loved the book and you will too!
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Louis Sachar (pronounced Sacker), born March 20, 1954, is an American author of children's books.
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“Warning: Do not read this story right after eating. In fact, don't read it right before eating either. In fact, just to be safe, don't read this story if you're ever planning to eat again.”
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“Wayside school is falling down, falling down, falling down,
Wayside school is falling down my fair lady.
Kids go splat as they hit the ground, hit the ground, hit the ground,
Kids go splat as the hit the ground my fair lady
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Broken bones and blood and gore, blood and gore, blood and gore,
Broken bones and blood and gore my fair lady.
We don't have to go to school no more, school no more, school no more,
We don't have to go to school no more my fair lady.”
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Wayside school is falling down my fair lady.
Kids go splat as they hit the ground, hit the ground, hit the ground,
Kids go splat as the hit the ground my fair lady
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Broken bones and blood and gore, blood and gore, blood and gore,
Broken bones and blood and gore my fair lady.
We don't have to go to school no more, school no more, school no more,
We don't have to go to school no more my fair lady.”
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