Bigfoot Doesn't Square Dance

The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids #25

by Marcia Thornton Jones, Marcia Thornton Jones

Visiting Ruby Mountain during a class trip, Eddie spots enormous tracks on the dirt trail and becomes convinced that the prints belong to the square-dancing teacher, a large, hairy man who resembles Bigfoot. Original.

Genres: Childrens, Middle Grade, Fiction, Mystery, Juvenile, Paranormal, Fantasy

80 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1997

About the author

Marcia Thornton Jones has published 131 books for children with sales totaling more than 43 million copies world-wide. Her works include CHAMP (mid-grade novel), RATFINK (mid-grade novel), GODZILLA ATE MY HOMEWORK (chapter book), THE TALE OF JACK FROST (picture book) and LEPRECHAUN ON THE LOOSE (picture book). She is the co-author of seven popular series including The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, Keyholders, Ghostville Elementary, The Bailey School Kids Jr. Chapter Books, Triplet Trouble, Bailey City Monsters, and The Barkley School for Dogs.

Marcia has been listed as a top 100 author by the Educational Paperback Association and selected for the Children’s Top 100 Books list by the National Education Association, International Reading Associations Children’s Choice Award. Marcia's books have received many honors and have appeared on on the Publisher's Weekly Bestsellers lists,

Marcia, a full time writer living in Lexington, Kentucky enjoys presenting at schools and conferences. As a veteran teacher with more than 20 years of experience, she easily relates the importance of writing to students of all ages.

Reviews

[Kip · Rating 3 out of 5]

I remembered these books being quite funny, but now after every corny one-liner, I keep hearing the "wahh wahh wahhhhh" background music from Scooby Doo. Still, very amusing. Reluctant young readers would enjoy.

[Shelley · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. This was ok. Definitely not my favorite of the Bailey School Kids stories. The plot just really fell flat. There really wasn’t much that happened.

They saw “Bigfoot”, but that was about it. There really wasnt anything else weird that actually happened. For example, it would be better if maybe they could have seen him super hairy with his shirt off and that could have been another clue or maybe Mr. Squash could have made weird grunting noises. I dunno, but it just didn’t feel like much happened compared to the others.

The only thing I did like in this one is that park ranger had no idea who that man was, had never heard of him and acted like he didn’t even exist. And then of course he disappears at the end!!!

[Emmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was another cute installment in the Bailey School Kids series. While definitely not the strongest title, I still had a lot of fun reading it. I wish that the "monster" would have played more of a role, however, as he was only in a couple of scenes.

[Maximilian Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book because I like unknown mysterys. I also liked this book because I like square dancing.

[Haelyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very short. I like Bigfoot, so I rated it 4 stars

[Alex · Rating 2 out of 5]

This one was kind of weird.

[Kavin Kramer · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the first chapter book I've read to my son. He loved it!

[Josh Epp · Rating 3 out of 5]

We went thriller with this one! Loved it! So fun! These bring me so much joy every time I read one!

[Cori Cooper · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a good palate cleanse between heavier books. I thought it was fun!

[BookeryBliss · Rating 5 out of 5]

The collection of "The adventures of the Bailey School Kids" stories are among my all-time favorite children's books. Witty, mischievous and fun, these short and silly books continue to bring giggles to the young and old. Just as I have enjoyed them as a kid, my own children also love them today. I even catch myself re-reading them (alone) from time to time. What can I say? I guess I'll always be a BSK kid at heart.

[Stephanie Allen · Rating 3 out of 5]

A school group goes on a trip to Ruby mountain where they meet an overly hairy, extremely large man. Eddie, Liza, Howie and Melody investigate to find out if this man is actually Bigfoot. This book is a fun read for kids and also teaches not to judge people by their appearances.

[Brittney · Rating 1 out of 5]

Eddie notices huge tracks on a dirt trail while visiting Ruby Mountian. He becomes convinced that the tracks he has spotted are prints of Bigfoot. This would be a book I would have in my class for students to read for fun.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

great when ur little

[Malia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think my boy cousins would like this one too.

[Nick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Weird book. I think its weird because four kids were going after something they didn't know existed.

[Logan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read these all in while I was in middle school and loved them, giving them a 3.5-4.0 for my past 12 year old self.

[Micaela Semien · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was so suspenseful!

[Seth · Rating 2 out of 5]

they went on a field trip. it was to ruby mountain. eddie saw huge tracks. he thought they were bigfoot's they were bigfoot's. they went back to the mountain alone!

[Jerome Otte · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another funny and interesting Bailey School Kids tale. The kids encounter a square dancer whom they suspect of being bigfoot (and of having eaten the dentist).

Adventurous and interesting.