Everyone knows there are different kinds of teachers. The good ones. The not-so-good ones. But Ms. Bixby is none of these. She's the sort of teacher who makes you feel like the indignity of school is worthwhile. So when Ms. Bixby unexpectedly announces that she is very sick and won't be able to finish the school year, three friends come up with a plan to tell her how much she means to them.
Lilly loves everything about school, especially her teacher, but when he asks her to wait a while before showing her new purse, she does something for which she is very sorry later.
Presents two stories in which the notorious Miss Swamp arrives at the Horace B. Smedley School to keep the kids in Miss Nelson's class in line and to shape up the football team.
One of the few books for any age that seeks to accurately, sensitively, and convincingly portray a character on the autism spectrum, this book centers the child's experience in the narrative.
Eight-year-old EllRay Jakes, the shortest kid in class and still chosen last at recess, hones his basketball skills with Mr. Havens and earns the respect of his third-grade classmates.
A notebook that is passed from student to student around a classroom becomes a repository for wild rumors, heartfelt confessions, and creative writing and helps the students cope when their teacher has a medical emergency and they must cope with a rigid substitute as they worry about their beloved teacher and her family.
Tells the life story of Louis Braille, the nineteenth-century man who lost his sight at the age of three and developed an alphabet for blind people when he was fifteen.
Eva's teacher, Miss Featherbottom, is getting married, but when her special necklace disappears, Eva and her friends set out to track down the thief and return the necklace before the wedding.
