2006 Walker & Company
32 pgs.
Goodreads rating: 4.00
My rating: 4/ Liked it a lot
Endpapers: The protagonist running from flying books, which are tumbling through the air straight at him.
Illustrations are done in markers and colored pencils. Both. Think I should have my kids give this a try. I usually ban markers for illustrating.....
1st line/s: "It's the first week of school, and this year Miss malarkey said our class would be doing the Everybody Reads in America program. She thinks that reading is about the finest thing a person can do and she promises to find each of us a book we'll love before the end of the year."
My comments: Miss Malarkey works and works to match kids and books so that they'll give reading a chance. And it works! Sometimes it DOES take all year, though, just as it does in the book. The one thing that just doesn't ring true to me is that the protagonist didn't complete one single book the whole year. I find that pretty difficult to believe....unless all he read for reading was a basal reader? This book is only 8 years old, so I find that hard to believe. Oh well, I guess I'm too much of a realist. I'm glad she got him going! (I also love the name Miss Malarkey.)
IDEAS: I love that near the beginning of the book there's a list entitled, "Fifty Nifty Books for November." They are all made up book titles with a short anecdote about each. What a great idea for an extension after reading this book to a class - have them create the title and a one-page description of a book they'd really enjoy reading if it existed!
IDEAS: I love that near the beginning of the book there's a list entitled, "Fifty Nifty Books for November." They are all made up book titles with a short anecdote about each. What a great idea for an extension after reading this book to a class - have them create the title and a one-page description of a book they'd really enjoy reading if it existed!
Goodreads: Miss Malarkey can make a reader out of anyone.
Principal Wiggins promises to dye his hair purple and sleep on the school roof if the students read 1,000 books this year. Miss Malarkey is determined to find the right book for each student so they'll participate in the school program, and learn to love reading. She's got a tough audience -- video game fanatics, artists, sports lovers -- nonreaders all. But she won't give up until Principal Wiggins can flip his purple wig.
With all the new pressures being put on teachers these days, the one thing everyone agrees about is the need for all children to learn to love reading. Now, the best-selling Miss Malarkey series uses all the programs and initiatives developed to help children read as fodder for the humor mill, keeping everyone laughing about this important topic. No teacher, librarian or parent should leave this book behind!
Principal Wiggins promises to dye his hair purple and sleep on the school roof if the students read 1,000 books this year. Miss Malarkey is determined to find the right book for each student so they'll participate in the school program, and learn to love reading. She's got a tough audience -- video game fanatics, artists, sports lovers -- nonreaders all. But she won't give up until Principal Wiggins can flip his purple wig.
With all the new pressures being put on teachers these days, the one thing everyone agrees about is the need for all children to learn to love reading. Now, the best-selling Miss Malarkey series uses all the programs and initiatives developed to help children read as fodder for the humor mill, keeping everyone laughing about this important topic. No teacher, librarian or parent should leave this book behind!
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