This is the Teacher - Hardcover

Greene, Rhonda Gowler

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525471251 ISBN 13: 9780525471257

Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers, 2004

Synopsis

This hilarious cumulative tale in the tradition of "The House That Jack Built" depicts a typical day at school. This is the teacher all ready for school. These are the students who rush through the door and topple the teacher all ready for school. The chaos continues&150and accumulates&150on each spread.An ant farm is tipped over, the birthday boy slips and spills his cupcakes, and then the class hamster escapes. . . . Through it all, the stalwart teacher manages to keep her cool. But, boy, is she ready for bed at the end of the day!

About this title

About the Author:

Rhonda Greene is a children's author and former learning disabilities teacher. Greene who has won the School Library Journal Best Book, American Booksellers "Pick of the List," Children's Book Council Showcase Book awards, among others. She is known for  When a Line Bends . . . A Shape Begins, Push! Dig! Scoop!: A Construction Counting Rhyme, Santa's Stuck, and many other beloved children's titles.

Mike Lester is an illustrator and political cartoonist who often has cartoons in publications like Time magazine. The books he has illustrated for Random House include A Is for Salad, Cool Daddy Rat, and The Night Before the Night Before Christmas. He lives in Rome, Georgia.

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 3–This cumulative tale à la "The House That Jack Built" details the escapades of a lively group of students. The show-and-tell snake escapes, birthday cupcakes topple, the ant farm breaks, a kamikaze bee attacks, a clogged water fountain floods the hall–and that's not all. Watercolor washes over thick black lines depict the chaos of this classroom gone amok. Splotches and spills abound, enhanced by the sketchy quality of the art; the energetic lines of Lester's cartoons capture the vibrant action. A rhyming couplet introduces each new incident and is followed by rhythmic phrases that emphasize onomatopoeia. With "splats," "eeks," "whacks," and "plops," disasters mount until lunchtime. Then the catastrophes begin anew. On the last page, the poor teacher, harried and exhausted, flops into bed at the end of the day. The story is sure to elicit giggles from the early elementary set and perhaps a bit of sympathy for their teachers as well.–Laurie Edwards, West Shore School District, Camp Hill, PA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0525471251
• ISBN 13: 9780525471257
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Lester Mike