Ms. Cuddy Is Nutty! Quotes

“If there are six apples on a table and you take away four of them, how many do you have?” Mr. Cooper asked. Andrea was waving her hand in the air like she needed to be rescued from a desert island. “Two apples!” she said. “Because six minus four is two.” Then she made her smiley smile again. “No,” said Mr. Cooper. “If there are six apples on a table and you take away four of them, you have four of them, of course. You just took four of them away!”
― Dan Gutman, Ms. Cuddy Is Nutty!

“I’ll announce the winning class at the end of the day.”
― Dan Gutman, Ms. Cuddy Is Nutty!

“library is the tallest building in the world, because it has the most stories. Mr. Klutz totally doesn’t”
― Dan Gutman, Ms. Cuddy Is Nutty!

“around and looked down the street. Then he looked at the empty spot where the car had been.”
― Dan Gutman, Ms. Cuddy Is Nutty!

“And speaking of messy things, did you know that watermelons have really fancy weddings? Well, they cantaloupe.”
― Dan Gutman, Ms. Cuddy Is Nutty!

“My name is A.J. and I hate it when my school gets attacked by monsters.”
― Dan Gutman, Ms. Cuddy Is Nutty!

“Does it really matter how many people tune in to watch us?”
― Dan Gutman, Ms. Cuddy Is Nutty!

“Andrea.”
― Dan Gutman, Ms. Cuddy Is Nutty!

“nah-nah-nah boo-boo on you.”
― Dan Gutman, Ms. Cuddy Is Nutty!

“Ooooo!” Ryan said. “A.J. and Andrea have great chemistry together. They must be in love!” “When are you gonna get married?” asked Michael.”
― Dan Gutman, Ms. Cuddy Is Nutty!

“My name is A.J. and I hate the morning announcements,”
― Dan Gutman, Ms. Cuddy Is Nutty!

“WHAT!? “A million dollars!” I shouted. “A million dollars!!” shouted Alexia. “A million dollars!!!!” shouted Ryan. In case you were wondering, we were all shouting, “A million dollars.” Everybody started yelling and screaming and shrieking and hooting and hollering and generally freaking out. You should have been there! Nobody could believe Ella Mentry was actually giving the school a million dollars. Man, that lady must have a ton of money to be giving away so much of it. No wonder she needs such big checks. There are a lot of zeroes in a million. We gave Mrs. Mentry another standing ovation. Then Mr. Klutz made the shut-up peace sign again and we all got quiet. “We can’t thank you enough, Mrs. Mentry,” he said. “But now we have a problem. What are we going to do with this money?” That’s a problem? If you ask me, a problem is when you have no money at all. “I’ll spend it for you!” shouted our librarian, Mrs. Roopy. Everybody laughed. “Tell you what I’m going to do,” Mr. Klutz said. “We’re going to have a contest to decide what to do with the money.” “Oooooh!” everybody oohed. “Go back to your classrooms and think of some ideas for what we should do with the million dollars,” Mr. Klutz told us. “The class that comes up with”
― Dan Gutman, Ms. Cuddy Is Nutty!

“B-but . . . but .”
― Dan Gutman, Ms. Cuddy Is Nutty!

“For the free and for the brave. We pledge allegiance to our flag, And when we’re done we’ll go play tag.”
― Dan Gutman, Ms. Cuddy Is Nutty!

“Our beautiful and spacious skies, Mom and picnics, apple pies. Dig our amber waves of grain, Purple mountains, fruited plain. Broad stripes and bright stars, Super Bowls and fast cars. To the republic for which it stands, Now it’s time to all join hands. “Star-spangled banners wave,”
― Dan Gutman, Ms. Cuddy Is Nutty!

“I pledge allegiance to the flag, ’cause if I don’t it’s such a drag. Flags are red and white and blue. Why they are I have no clue.”
― Dan Gutman, Ms. Cuddy Is Nutty!

“when our new teacher, Mr. Cooper, came flying into the room. And I do mean”
― Dan Gutman, Ms. Cuddy Is Nutty!

“My name is A.J. and I hate it when my school gets attacked by monsters”
― Dan Gutman, Ms. Cuddy Is Nutty!

“But you have to read the next chapter. So nah-nah-nah boo-boo on you.”
― Dan Gutman, Ms. Cuddy Is Nutty!

“It seems like only yesterday that I was giving him a bath in our kitchen sink.”
― Dan Gutman, Ms. Cuddy Is Nutty!

“Oh, one more thing, A.J. Clean your room. It’s a pigsty.”
― Dan Gutman, Ms. Cuddy Is Nutty!

“Annoying Andrea had on her mean face. She was mad because I came up with a great idea and she didn’t. Mr. Cooper wrote down my idea and sent it to the”
― Dan Gutman, Ms. Cuddy Is Nutty!

“million dollars.”
― Dan Gutman, Ms. Cuddy Is Nutty!

“One time when Mrs. Mentry came to our school, things got out of hand and there was a food fight. Pickle chips and meatballs and burritos and Tater Tots were flying through the air. It was cool.”
― Dan Gutman, Ms. Cuddy Is Nutty!

“That’s Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’!” Andrea shouted. “I’ve seen that video!”* “Noooooooo!” shouted Ms. Cuddy. “Not ‘Thriller’!”
― Dan Gutman, Ms. Cuddy Is Nutty!