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 ***It Happened at SchoolTwo Talesby Susie Morgensternillustrated by Serge Blochtranslated by Gillian Rosner Reviewed April 24, 2006.
Viking, Available at Sembach Library (JF MOR). These stories
are simply
fun. In the first story, “The
Autograph,” Claudette is bursting with pride over her autograph of
Rostropovich, the great cello player. For
some reason, the other kids aren’t impressed, and
tease her for
caring about a piece of paper “touched by the hand of genius.” This motivates the teacher to give an
assignment that starts the whole class thinking about autographs,
heroes, and
friends. I enjoyed the
second story
even more. Julien’s classroom has a new
telephone/fax machine. Unfortunately,
the teacher’s boyfriend uses it to call her over and over to declare
his
love. Of course the children make the
most of it. Mademoiselle Raysun becomes
terribly embarrassed, and eventually angry with him.
Julien speculates on what will happen next. Both stories
are simple and
easy to read, but very entertaining. Copyright © 2006 Sondra Eklund. All
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