Once Upon an Ordinary School Day - Hardcover

McNaughton, Colin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374356343 ISBN 13: 9780374356347

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2005

Synopsis

A celebration of extraordinary teachers!

The boy's breakfast is ordinary, his walk to school is ordinary, even his thoughts are ordinary. But when he goes to his classroom and sits down at his desk, his day begins to change - a new teacher, Mr. Gee, bursts into the classroom with an extraordinary idea that challenges all the children to use their imagination. Suddenly an ordinary day is turned topsy-turvy, and the boy is inspired in a way that will change him forever.

The rollicking words and pictures celebrate the unexpected in this tribute to great teachers and students everywhere.

Once Upon an Ordinary School Day is a 2006 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

An exciting new story about a teacher who motivates a class to become inspired.

It was an ordinary morning when the boy woke up, and it was an ordinary journey to school. But when Mr. Gee bounced into the classroom, everything changed. ?He?s bonkers,? the children whisper. ?What?s he on about?? But Mr. Gee plays rousing music which thunders around the classroom, and asks what it makes them think of. Stampeding horses! Racing Cars! Elephants! ?Write a story about it,? laughs Mr. Gee. And the ordinary boy began to write, and the words tumbled out of him pell-mell. It was extraordinary!

About the Author:

Colin McNaughton has written and illustrated over sixty children's books. He lives in London, England.

Satoshi Kitamura is the prize-winning author and illustrator of many books for children, including Me and My Cat? and, most recently, Comic Adventures of Boots. He lives in London, England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0374356343
• ISBN 13: 9780374356347
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Kitamura Satoshi