My Never Ending List

Ms. Kirby is a monster or at least Bobby thinks she is. Bobby thinks his teacher is a monster because when he flies his paper airplanes in class, she yells at him and then takes away his recess from him for throwing the airplane. She also stomped as she walks in her classroom and she roars as she tries to get the class to settle down during the day. I guess it also doesn’t help that she looks like a monster with a huge green body and sharp teeth. While at the park, in his favorite spot, guess who he sees? Yes, Ms. Kirby and she’s reading a book with the ducks nearby. Robert doesn’t know what to say at first but by the time they both go home that day, they both have smiles on their faces. The transformation that afternoon from the enormous green teacher with the sharp teeth to what meets him at the door on Monday morning is substantial but when Bobby throws another airplane, you just never know how the book will end.

Geared for lower elementary children, I think they will like the lesson the book has to offer. I liked the story and it was cute the progression the teacher made over the pages. I wasn’t too keen on the facial expressions on the teacher when Bobby and her first saw each other, when Bobby was nervous about seeing her there. I thought she could have looked more inviting instead of terrifying. I thought if she looked that scary, why did he even come close? The illustrations were bright and the font was creative and the uses of the text bubbles were excellent.