A Fine, Fine School

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!

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 07/24/2001
ISBN: 9780060277369
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 11.24h x 9.32w x 0.38d
Award: California Young Reader Medal - Winner
Award: Monarch Award - Nominee
Award: Irma S. & James H. Black Award - Honor Book

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 06/15/2001 pg. 862
Ingram Children's Advance 07/01/2001 pg. 9
BookPage 08/01/2001 pg. 28
Publishers Weekly 07/23/2001 pg. 75
School Library Journal 08/01/2001 pg. 144
Booklist 08/01/2001 pg. 2116
New York Times 01/20/2002 pg. 14
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2001 pg. 39 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2002 pg. 39 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 53195 / Fine, Fine School
Reading Level: 3.3 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5