Finchler, Judy

Although the teachers, the principal, and parents say The Test is not important, their actions tell another story.

A first-grade boy is shocked, then pleased, when he discovers that his teacher has a life away from school.

When a teacher is sick a substitute has to be called and you never know who you will get.

Although the teachers, the principal, and parents say The Test is not important, their actions tell another story.

Miss Malarkey takes her class on a field trip to the science museum, where they explore a dinosaur exhibit, watch a 3-D movie, and have many other adventures, both planned and unplanned.

Miss Malarkey vows to find each of her students a book to love by the end of the school year, but one video-game loving boy proves to be a challenge.

A teacher imagines the chaos that takes place when she stays home one day because she is sick.

A first grade boy is shocked, then pleased when he discovers that his teacher has a life away from school.

Miss Malarkey is behaving very strangely, giggling in the halls and teaching lessons about marriage customs, as her students worry that she is quitting teaching.

The children on a newly formed soccer team love their coach, Miss Malarky, who doesn't know much about the game except how to make it fun, but the school principal and parents have other ideas.