Mr. Rover Takes Over (level 1)

by Grace Maccarone, Meredith Johnson (Illustrations)

When Mrs. Katz takes ill and has to stay home from school, the class is surprised to discover that her replacement is an eyeglass-wearing pooch! Original.

Genres: Animals, Picture Books

32 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2001

About the author

Grace Maccarone is an American children’s book editor and author, notably of Miss Lina’s Ballerinas, illustrated by Christine Davenier, and its sequel Miss Lina’s Ballerinas and the Prince. She has also worked as an editor at Scholastic, Wireless Generation, and currently Holiday House.

Reviews

[Cristina Argenal]

Summary:
This book takes place at an elementary school. Their homeroom teacher is sick and has to be replaced by another teacher. When the principal comes in to tell the class that they will have another teacher for the day, the class is disappointed.. Until, they realized the new teacher was a dog!!! They did all the normal activities with Mr. Rover (the dog). And for a moment, they lost one of their class pets, but with Mr. Rover's smelling skills, they were able to find the pet!! At the end, the students ended up loving Mr. Rover but were glad their teacher was back.
Theme:
Just because something is different, doesn't mean its bad.
Personal Response:
This book was very cute, I liked it! I think it teaches the children that read it to not settle for things and try new stuff! You don't know how good something can be until you try it. It is very basic but teaches an important lesson.
Recommendation:
I recommend it to basically any child. All children need to learn this message and apply it to real life. Therefore, anyone can read it and take something from it.

[Gergő Ujvári]

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[Sara B]

This book is about a substitute teacher for a class. This substitute is not like any other substitute teacher--this substitute teacher is a dog! Mr. Rover has the class enjoying their day of learning. The children that have read this book found it to be really funny and I look forward to reading it with other children.

[Chrissi Eitmann]

This book is fun to read when students are going to have a substitute teacher. It helps them to accept the substitute as their teacher and that they can be just as fun as their normal teacher.

[Sarah]

I like this reader, and I have no idea how it has checked out 87 times and is still intact and hilarious. I want my dog to take over my job for a while.