Name: Wayside School is Falling Down
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

Louis Sachar

Louis the yard teacher starts off 30 tales of unusual students. Comic sketches precede every chapter. Todd brings a cute adorable plastic puppy who bites back when Joy steals it. Cafeteria lady Ms. Mush serves Mushroom Surprise that changes Ron. When Paul falls out the window, Leslie offers her pigtails to pull him back. On the 19th floor, invisible Allison finds Miss Zarves' class.

Wayside School is Falling Down

I read this back when I had one or more children in the target ages for this; this time I heard it on audiobook read by Sachar (it rhymes with backer) himself and enjoyed it just as much. However, this time I listened to the first book prior to that, which I don't think I did last time. In a word this book is fun. The stories are silly, many are completely unbelievable, but they are well-written silly stories that sometimes have good lessons attached. What's more, the author appears as the yard teacher. On the one hand, the blurb gives you an idea of what some of the stories are like, but on the other hand it's not nearly as well done as the book is.

I just found out that a fourth installment was published in 2020--I wonder how it compares with the first three?

Karin

I read this back when I had one or more children in the target ages for this; this time I heard it on audiobook read by Sachar (it rhymes with backer) himself and enjoyed it just as much. However, this time I listened to the first book prior to that, which I don't think I did last time. In a word this book is fun. The stories are silly, many are completely unbelievable, but they are well-written silly stories that sometimes have good lessons attached. What's more, the author appears as the yard teacher. On the one hand, the blurb gives you an idea of what some of the stories are like, but on the other hand it's not nearly as well done as the book is.

I just found out that a fourth installment was published in 2020--I wonder how it compares with the first three?

Wayside School is Falling Down

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