Jared LeeCritiques

Fun; I'll encourage my grandchildren to read this series.

Independent Reading Level: PreK-2

Independent Reading Level: Grades: 1-3

Independent Reading level: Grades 1-3.

Independent Reading Level: Grade 3
Awards: none

So cute, I'm sure my granddaughter will love hearing it!

Independent reading level: PK-7

Dilemma

Art

grade level: preK- kindergarten

Independent Reading Level: Grades PreK-3
Awards:

In 1998 this book won the ALA Notable Children’s book award.

EducatingParents.org rating: Approved

Independent Reading Level: Grades k-2
Awards: Notable Children's Books 1998

EducatingParents.org rating: Approved

EducatingParents.org rating: Approved

The first part of the book, riffing on the traditional nursery rhyme about the old lady who swallows a fly, is so dull it lulls you into stop paying attention so it can pull off an almost-clever twist ending. Having finished the book, I then remembered it did the same thing to me twenty years ago when I first and last read it.

Note to self: read again in twenty years to be surprised again.

Side note: I'm am stunned to see that this is part of a series of twenty-three (23 !!?!?!?!!) books at this point.

Independent Reading Level: GR Level K
Awards: N/A

IRL: K-1st grade

Independent Reading Level: 2nd Grade

This book is about a student’s first day of school with a new teacher. The student’s teacher’s name is Ms. Green and he imagines her as a creature from “the black lagoon”. The student imagines Ms. Green as an alligator-esque monster who eats her students for lunch. This would be suitable for kinder-third grade students. This age group would be best because of the creative images and limited text per page. This book could also be suitable for students towards the end of the school year as they think about what their teacher for the next year would look like.

7 copies

Independent Reading Level: Grades 2-3

It’s the third day of school. I’ve been sent to the principal’s office.

People go to Mrs. Green’s office and never return. Bones and skeletons, they say, fill the waiting room. The rug is red so that the blood doesn’t show.

What will happen to me? Will I become part of her coat rack? Food for her pet alligator? A paperweight or a bookmark? Maybe Mrs. Green will put me into one of the cages under her desk. Or send me home in chains.

What happens if she decides to keep me for one of her experiments? Will I end up with a dog’s head? A hamster’s hands? A chicken’s feet?

And now the door is slowly opening . . . .

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In this book, part of the author’s Black Lagoon series, Mrs. Green, the teacher in “The Teacher from the Black Lagoon,” has become the principal. And, although the being-sent-to-the-principal’s-office situation is not quite as relatable as a new teacher for young readers, even the best-behaved youngsters can imagine what it would be like to be sent to the principal’s office.

The targeted audience for this hilarious picture book, young readers ages four through eight, preschool through the primary grades, are sure to enjoy this preposterous tale filled with absurd imaginings and speculation. Young readers, familiar with school settings, are likely to empathize with the main character.

Colorful illustrations accompany the story; the imaginative tale is sure to keep youngsters giggling.

Highly recommended.

Independent Reading Level: K-2
Awards: Randolph Caldecott Medal (1998)
ALSC Notable Children's Books (1998)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books (1997)