Scholastic Inc. 1985
Reading Level: 8+ Number of Pages: 118 Genre: Fiction
Summary: Wayside school was accidentally built sideways. It was supposed to be one story tall and thirty classrooms wide, but the builder read the plans wrong. He said he was very sorry. This book is a collection of stories about the children in the thirtieth story, where Mrs. Jewls is a teacher over a unique bunch of kids. Each chapter is a different story about a kid from this classroom, and the last chapter is about the yard teacher, Louis, who apparently wrote this book.
My Impressions: This book is very entertaining, and is essentially a collection of short stories about the same classroom of students. In each chapter the students encounter ridiculous or strange situations (which to them are normal), and there is usually a silly lesson or moral from each story.
"Sharie sat next to the window in Mrs. Jewls's class. She spent a lot of time just staring our the window. Mrs. Jewls didn't mind. Mrs. Jewls said that a lot of people learn best when they stare out a window. Sharie often fell asleep in class. Mrs. Jewls didn't mind that either. She siad that a lot of people do their best learning when they are asleep. Sharie spent all of her time either looking out the window or sleeping. Mrs. Jewls thought she was the best student in the class."
My Impressions: This book is very entertaining, and is essentially a collection of short stories about the same classroom of students. In each chapter the students encounter ridiculous or strange situations (which to them are normal), and there is usually a silly lesson or moral from each story.
Parent's Guide: No real problems. The children are all a little bizarre, however.
Recommendations: A good read. I would suggest this as a book for independent young readers.
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