Miss Small Is off the Wall! Quotes

“I don’t want to be a chicken. I don’t want to be a duck. So I shake my butt.”
― Dan Gutman, Miss Small Is off the Wall!

“Everybody has to stand in a big circle and tuck their thumbs into their armpits. Then you have to flap your elbows like a chicken and cluck. Then you have to wiggle down to the floor and sing, “I don’t want to be a chicken. I don’t want to be a duck. So I shake my butt.”
― Dan Gutman, Miss Small Is off the Wall!

“air,” Miss Small said. “This will improve your eye-hand coordination. With a little practice, you’ll be able to juggle three balls, or three clubs, or three”
― Dan Gutman, Miss Small Is off the Wall!

“Miss Small was the opposite of her name. It was like a fat guy was named Mr. Thin or a dumb guy was named Mr. Smart or a really handsome guy was named Mr. Ugly or…well, you get the idea.”
― Dan Gutman, Miss Small Is off the Wall!

“Miss Small is off the wall!”
― Dan Gutman, Miss Small Is off the Wall!

“A.J.!” Miss Daisy said with her mean face. “Hold your tongue!” “Okay.” So I stuck out my tongue and held onto it. Everybody laughed. Well, everybody but Emily and Miss Daisy.”
― Dan Gutman, Miss Small Is off the Wall!

“My name is A.J. and I hate school. Well, I hate that reading and writing and arithmetic part of school, anyway. That stuff is for the birds!”
― Dan Gutman, Miss Small Is off the Wall!

“She must be the tallest person in the history of the world! Miss Small was the opposite of her name. It was like a fat guy was named Mr. Thin or a dumb guy was named Mr. Smart or a really handsome guy was named Mr. Ugly or…well, you get the idea.”
― Dan Gutman, Miss Small Is off the Wall!

“eight,”
― Dan Gutman, Miss Small Is off the Wall!

“dumb.”
― Dan Gutman, Miss Small Is off the Wall!

“dumbhead!”
― Dan Gutman, Miss Small Is off the Wall!

“stupidest”
― Dan Gutman, Miss Small Is off the Wall!

“was so happy that I almost wanted to give Andrea a hug. Almost.”
― Dan Gutman, Miss Small Is off the Wall!

“Fizz Ed is gym class,”
― Dan Gutman, Miss Small Is off the Wall!