Finchler, Judy

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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