Miss Smith’s incredible storybook by Garland, Michael

Title: Miss Smith’s incredible storybook

Author: Garland, Michael

Illustration: Michael Garland

Publisher: Dutton’s Children’s book

Comments

CIP info When the new teacher, Miss Smith, reads to her class, Zack and his classmates are amazed to find that the storybook characters come to life. This is a that really shows how storytelling and reading aloud can bring a story to life, really. Zach was sure that the second grade going to be dull. Then he meets his teacher, Miss Smith. She had the class like every other teacher, until it came time for her to read. When she read a story it was like the story came to life. Pirates would run around the room, but they seemed to disappear when she finished the story. One day Miss Smith was caught in traffic, so the principal had to fill in for a bit. He started to read from the book, but he freaks when the characters start popping out at him. He runs from the room to go for help. While he is out the students start reading bits of stories, but never finished one. The room becomes full of characters and then a tug of war breaks out between the characters and the students. Finally Miss Smith comes and reads the characters all back into the book, just before the principal arrives with the fire department to save the class. The illustrations are great and very colorful. It would be a great read aloud for anytime.