Benny and the No-Good Teacher - Hardcover

Zach

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0027937062 ISBN 13: 9780027937060

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1992

Synopsis

Anticipating a fun-filled year in Ms. Jackson's fourth-grade class, Benny is upset when he is assigned instead to the boring, strict Mrs. Rumphill, and he comes up with an ingenious scheme to get himself transferred to Ms. Jackson's room.

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From School Library Journal

Grade 3-5-- Benny is looking forward to fourth grade with Ms. Jackson: `` `She does really wild things. Last year, her whole class cooked a Chinese dinner, and raised a nest of duck eggs, and made a bug collection.' '' Instead, though, he gets stuck with Mrs. Rumpbill, whose idea of a good time is doing aerobics with her class at recess. To make matters worse, he dislikes all the kids in her class. In a hare-brained effort to get transferred out of her class and (he hopes) into Ms. Jackson's, Benny starts acting up. Predicatably, he succeeds only in antagonizing both teachers. A heart-to-heart chat with Mrs. R. leads to a truce and a predictable (if not totally believable) happy ending. Empathy, the book's major theme, is reinforced in an occasionally heavy-handed manner, although the message is a laudable one. Benny's escapades should interest even reluctant readers, who may identify closely with his situation. --Ruth Smith, formerly at Chicago Public Library
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0027937062
• ISBN 13: 9780027937060
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 76