The Teeny Tiny Teacher - Softcover

Calmenson, Stephanie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0439400694 ISBN 13: 9780439400695

Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks, 2002

Synopsis

Adapted from a classic ghost story, this charming picture book is sure to delight readers of ALL sizes with its bright, bold illustrations and humorous storyline.

In this vibrantly illustrated picture book, an imaginative teacher-- who, like her students, happens to be "teeny tiny"-- takes her class on a teeny tiny walk one day and discovers a teeny tiny bone in the park. Later, back in their teeny tiny classroom, teacher and students are all surprised when they hear a ghostly voice asking for its bone back! Fears subside when the teeny-tiny classroom realizes they've only upset a teeny-tiny dog.
The clever repetition and energetic, easy-to-follow text makes this a perfect book for read-aloud time, both at home..and in a classroom of any size!

About this title

From Kirkus Reviews

The scary story of the teeny tiny woman has been expanded into an explanatory tale that works well on its own but without the original story's pounce of surprise. Here a teeny tiny teacher is the heroine, and the setting is her tiny classroom. On a walk in the park with her students, the teacher finds a bone, which she pockets and then forgets. She doesn't remember it until a spooky voice from the closet startles her students by demanding the bone back in louder and louder tones. As in the original story, the teeny woman finally replies loudly, ``TAKE IT!'' Unlike the original, that's not the end of the story. The closet door pops open, and a ghost nabs the bone for his ghost puppy, outside the school. Although this version of the tale has lost some of the delicious fright of its parent tale, known for making listeners jump, it could easily become a story-hour favorite. Roche's friendly drawings ingeniously indicate the diminutive size of the teeny tiny teacher and her teeny tiny students by showing domino-topped tables, and stools made of diceit's as if the Borrowers have landed in school. (Picture book. 5-8) -- Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 2-While taking a walk in the woods with her students, a teacher finds a bone and sticks it in her coat pocket before returning to her classroom. Like its precursor, "The Teeny Tiny Woman," the story will capture the attention of children who will be wondering just who is demanding "Give me back my bone," in ever-increasing volume. As the teacher brushes off the requests, her retorts to her students, whom she assumes are making the pleas, are hilarious-exactly the type of statements made by a teacher to a class that is just a little too disruptive. Alternately she scolds, "Someone is being a teeny tiny bit silly," and "Teeny tiny students who have something to say must raise their teeny tiny hands." Up until the very end, when the closet's occupant and its motive are revealed, readers are onlookers into a classroom that has, at first glance, gotten out of hand. The full-color illustrations are bold, bright, and primitive. A fine example of what an imaginative author and illustrator can bring to an old favorite.
Elisabeth H. Hall, Arden Elementary School, Columbia, SC
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0439400694
• ISBN 13: 9780439400695
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Roche Denis