Sunday, November 09, 2025

Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry G. Allard Jr. and illustrated by James Marshall


Once again, I selected this book for my reading group primarily just because the school library had multiple copies of it.  
However in this case, this is also a book that I have fond memories of from my own childhood.

It's a book in which the teacher wins against the children, so it's not the type of book that children are children are supposed to like.  And yet it's done with such humor, and such funny illustrations, that it's easy to like.  I liked it as a kid, and my students now really liked it.  (They've even asked to read it multiple times.)

According to Wikipedia, this book is the first book of a series of Miss Nelson books.  I think I may even vaguely remember the other books from childhood, but I'm not 100% sure.

Supplemental Materials:
Kahoots: I found two kahoots suitable for use in the classroom here and here.  I combined them both into this kahoot.

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