Substitute Creacher
$45.43
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
12 July 2011
Summary
The troublemaking students of Ms. Jenkins’ class arrive at school one day to discover a substitute creacher has come to put a stop to their monkey business! He regales them with mind-boggling stories about his former students who didn’t follow the rules: Keith the glue-eater, Zach the daydreamer, and Hank the prankster, to name a few. But even this multi-tentacled, yellow-spotted, one-eyed monster’s cautionary tales about the consequences of mischief-making can’t seem to change the students’ …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780316089159 |
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| ISBN-10: | 031608915X |
| Author: | Chris Gall |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| Imprint: | Little, Brown Young Readers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 12 July 2011 |
| Weight: | 549g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 239mm x 313mm |
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Critics Review
“This title will be hard to keep on the shelves.”
“Combines humor and a touch of magic…. certain to provide more than a few laughs.” - Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“This is a delicious little shocker of a picture book that ought to whip… crowd[s] of youngsters into a shrieking, laughing frenzy.” - Booklist, starred review
Explosive, cinematic panels; retro Ben-Day dot patterns allude to classic funnies. - Publishers Weekly
“Colorful and catchy… [a] gleeful cautionary tale.“EndFragment - StartFragment School Library Journal
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Mr. Creacher’s cautionary tales, told in rhyme, are as appealing as Chris Gall’s bold, cartoonlike drawings. It’s an educational horror story with a happy ending. - USA Today
About The Author
Chris Gall
Chris Gall is the award-winning author and illustrator of Revenge of the Dinotrux, Substitute Creacher, Dear Fish, There’s Nothing to Do on Mars, and Dinotrux, a Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book of 2009. His books have received numerous starred reviews and awards including a Borders Original Voices Book for 2006 for Dear Fish and a Kirkus Best Children’s Book for 2008 for There’s Nothing to Do on Mars. Chris has won a multitude of awards from organizations like the Society of Illustrators and Communication Arts Magazine, and is also the illustrator of America the Beautiful, a Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book of 2004. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.
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