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Highlights
- This funny picture book from Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech, author of Walk Two Moons, and New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss is a delight for kids, with its colorful illustrations and gentle comeuppance for a well-meaning principal who learns that learning outside of school can be just as important as being in school.Tillie goes to a fine, fine school where kids learn about dinosaurs, build pyramids, and paint portraits.
- 4-8 Years
- 11.0" x 8.96" Paperback
- 32 Pages
- Juvenile Fiction, School & Education
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About the Book
When Principal Keene says his school is so fine they should have class on Saturdays, it's up to Tillie to show her well-intentioned principal that it's not fine to be at school all the time.Book Synopsis
This funny picture book from Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech, author of Walk Two Moons, and New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss is a delight for kids, with its colorful illustrations and gentle comeuppance for a well-meaning principal who learns that learning outside of school can be just as important as being in school.
Tillie goes to a fine, fine school where kids learn about dinosaurs, build pyramids, and paint portraits. When her principal decides to call all the students and teachers together for an announcement, no one could have predicted he would say that there will be school on Saturdays! Soon everyone goes to school on Sundays, holidays, and even the summer. He loves school so much that he forgets to give anyone time off!
From the Back Cover
One day, Mr. Keene called all the students and teachers together and said, "This is a fine, fine school! From now on, let's have school on Saturdays too."And then there was more.
School all weekend.
School on the holidays.
School in the SUMMER!
What was next . . .
SCHOOL AT NIGHT?
So it's up to Tillie to show her well-intentioned principal, Mr. Keene, that even though his fine, fine school is a wonderful place, it's not fine, fine to be there all the time.
Review Quotes
"Charming." -- Kirkus Reviews
"Impressive ... Expressive ... Clever." -- Publisher's Weekly (starred review)
"This book has it all." -- ALA Booklist (starred review)
"Charming, rhythmical and humorous." -- BookPage.com