A Fine, Fine School

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Summary: A Fine, Fine Book!
Review: Tillie is a little red haired girl who lives with her parents, brother and dog, Bean. She goes to school every day and learns about math and reading and all sorts of important things. But on weekends, she spends her time at home, learning to climb the big tree in her yard, teaching her brother to skip and her dog to fetch. Mr Keene is a principal who loves his school. He's so proud of the students and teachers and all the good work they do. "Aren't these fine children? Aren't these fine teachers? Isn't this a fine, fine school?" In fact he's so excited about his school and all the fine, fine learning that goes on there that he decides the kids and teachers should have more school and adds Saturday to their week. No one wanted to go to school on Saturdays, but they didn't want to disappoint Mr Keene since he was so proud of them. Pretty soon, Mr Keene added Sundays and then holidays. No one was happy, but they went along. When he really went over the top and added summers too, Tillie decided to pay him a little visit..... Award winning author, Sharon Creech, has written a delightful story that will tickle the funny bone of all youngsters getting ready to go back to school. Her gentle, humorous text is only outdone by Harry Bliss' very clever and expressive artwork and children will enjoy all the special little details they find as they pore over the illustrations (marvelous facial expressions, posted notes, book titles, school banners...) Perfect for youngsters 4-8, A Fine, Fine School is a treasure and a wonderful addition to all home bookshelves.

Rating:
Summary: A Fine, Fine Book!
Review: Tillie is a little red haired girl who lives with her parents, brother and dog, Bean. She goes to school every day and learns about math and reading and all sorts of important things. But on weekends, she spends her time at home, learning to climb the big tree in her yard, teaching her brother to skip and her dog to fetch. Mr Keene is a principal who loves his school. He's so proud of the students and teachers and all the good work they do. "Aren't these fine children? Aren't these fine teachers? Isn't this a fine, fine school?" In fact he's so excited about his school and all the fine, fine learning that goes on there that he decides the kids and teachers should have more school and adds Saturday to their week. No one wanted to go to school on Saturdays, but they didn't want to disappoint Mr Keene since he was so proud of them. Pretty soon, Mr Keene added Sundays and then holidays. No one was happy, but they went along. When he really went over the top and added summers too, Tillie decided to pay him a little visit..... Award winning author, Sharon Creech, has written a delightful story that will tickle the funny bone of all youngsters getting ready to go back to school. Her gentle, humorous text is only outdone by Harry Bliss' very clever and expressive artwork and children will enjoy all the special little details they find as they pore over the illustrations (marvelous facial expressions, posted notes, book titles, school banners...) Perfect for youngsters 4-8, A Fine, Fine School is a treasure and a wonderful addition to all home bookshelves.