Apple Island or the Truth About Teachers
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- Synopsis
- Students who have suspected that teachers hibernate over winter vacations, come in only two varieties, crabby or nice, and stay the same age forever will be assured by Evans that it's all true. Young Bradley sneaks away from his classmates during a field trip to Apple Island and discovers that it's a teacher training ground, with chalk mountains, a glue river, origami birds, underground reservoirs of paint, and a school where teachers are instructed in the finer points of marching in lines, assigning homework, and other skills. Worse, he learns that the nice teachers have all left and that the surly ones are plotting to take over the schools. Larry Di Fiori enhances the poker-faced text with plenty of pen-and-ink caricatures, capturing a range of clothing styles and body types that will strike chords of recognition in anyone who has walked a school's halls. After poking good-natured fun at pedagogues, principals, and even librarians (revealing a shaky grasp of the Dewey decimal system in the process), Evans has Bradley save the day with the help of supercompetent Mr. Janitor and other support staff. Evans generally hits his targets but so lightly that teachers will chuckle more often than squirm.
- Copyright:
- 1998
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 145 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780439431347
- Publisher:
- Scholastic, Inc.
- Date of Addition:
- 10/19/16
- Copyrighted By:
- Douglas Evans
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Submitted By:
- Approval Queue Volunteer 4
- Proofread By:
- Kathy Hester
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.