Series / 所属系列: |
| The Kids of The Polk Street School
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Overview / 简介: |
| With the help of the meanest substitute teacher in the whole school, Richard "Beast" Best learns a lesson about fear. |
From Organization / 国外机构评价: |
| Grade 2-4 Richard (the beast) Best and the kids of the Polk Street School are back. Richard's crisis this time is that he is terrified of climbing the knotted rope that hangs from the gym ceiling. Richard overcomes his fear of the dreaded rope with the help of one of the school's most feared substitute teachers. Giff writes about the concerns of second and third graders with a sure hand. Fans of the Polk Street School will be happy to have another installment, and new fans will be made if this is used as a read-aloud for primary grade children. Candy Colborn, Cottonwood Creek Elementary School, Englewood, Colo.
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Foreign Customer Review / 国外客户评价: |
| In my elementary school days; I enjoyed several authors; among them; Edward Packard; Beverly Cleary; and Particia Reilly Giff.
In this installment of "Kids at Polk Street School", the focal point is on Richard; afraid of climbing ropes. Giff successfully emphasizes with a common fear of elementary students--I never scrounged up the courage to climb the ropes at my elementary school--and I may go back some day to do so.
While I see where Giff is coming from; points off for the "cliche" of bad school lunches, and mean substitute teachers.
Still, the series is decent for those in grades 2-5. |
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