In Stitches With Ms. Wiz

Ms Wiz #2

by Terence Blacker

When Ms. Wiz shows up in the hospital as a doctor, things will never be the same. Her stethoscope plays Disco music, a pickled appendix escapes from its jar, and the children's ward is overrun by mice!

Genres: Childrens, Indonesian Literature

58 pages, Hardcover

First published June 6, 1990

About the author

Terence Blacker wanted to be a jockey when he grew and up. In fact, he could ride before he could walk, and his childhood hero was the great steeplechaser Mill House (a horse). He lives in Norfolk, England.

Reviews

[Cher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Utterly hilarious book, showcasing the baffling one-track nature of adults and how a certain Ms Wiz comes to help kids in times of confusion. Full of puns and zanyness.

[Irene · Rating 2 out of 5]

Aw, come on, Ms Wiz, you can do better..... There's so much more magic you can do in a hospital.

[Rian Widagdo · Rating 3 out of 5]

- Sampul : 4/5
- Judul : 3/5
- Pembuka : 3/5
- Cerita : 3/5
- Penceritaan : 3/5
- Bahasa : 3/5
- Penutup : 4/5
- Layout : 4/5
- Blurb : 4/5

TOTAL : 3,4 // 5

*Rekomendasi : 4/5

[Anna Butler-Whittaker · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun, very short, children’s book.

[Ellen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one is a weirder installment of the Ms. Wiz series and I seem to be reading them out of order. At any rate, in this episode, we see Ms. Wiz trying her hand at health care and making a laughable mess of it all. One of our poor protagonists ends up having his appendix out and somehow it all makes sense to find rats in the hospital? Only with Ms. Wiz as a doctor, I guess.

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I picked up several of this Ms. Wiz series to share with my students on the class Kindle and enjoyed them for the most part. They all remind me a little bit of a British cross between Miss Frizzle and just a touch of Miss Nelson (of the "Miss Nelson is Missing" fame). Like Miss Friz, Ms. Wiz shows up and turns the world of her favorite kids upside down with magical mystery, but without the educational, science-y bit.

This series is very British and includes many British-English spellings and turns of phrase that may not be immediately accessible to American children, but the nice thing about reading on the Kindle is the instant dictionary look-up feature. I learned a thing or two about British spelling along the way, myself. Who knows? Diving into this series might actually breed some budding Anglophiles.

[Heidi · Rating 5 out of 5]

The child characters are believable and good; Ms. Wiz is a unique, warm-hearted, funny witch. This is laugh-out-loud funny! Young readers may need help translating a few British terms to American English, but this is unlikely to diminish their enthusiasm.

[Miss Ryoko · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just as adorable and easy to read as the first :-)