Here's a chapter book of contemporary fables about a rambunctious group of fourth graders and their amazing teacher--the globe-trotting, Mayan-ceremonial-robe-wearing Mr. Jupiter--that is sure to delight students and teachers alike. There's Calvin Tallywong, who wants to go back to kindergarten. But
The Fabled Fifth Graders of Aesop Elementary School
β Scribed by Fleming, Candace
- Book ID
- 107560812
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 191 KB
- Series
- Aesop Elementary School 2
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780375894978
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Here's a chapter book with all the kid appeal and absurd mayhem of Louis Sachar's classic Sideways Stories from Wayside School! These hilarious fables, complete with morals, will make you wish you went to Aesop Elementary.
Welcome back to Mr. Jupiter's inimitable class at Aesop Elementary. His rambunctious, special students are fifth graders now . . . and they rule the school! Bernadette Braggadoccio stirs things up when her probing investigative reporting for the school's TV station reveals some scandalous stuff. But . . . don't believe everything you hear. Is that new art teacher really a crazy lady with zillions of cats, or could there be more to this story?
For their last year at Aesop, the fifth graders are hoping for the coolest class pet--a unicorn, a pink-headed duck, or at least a giant squid. Imagine their disappointment when they get guinea pigs. But . . . appearances can be deceiving. These guinea pigs have some very unusual...
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Get in step with the colorful animals that race, waddle, and leap through these pages! From a fast-footed monkey to a two-timing fox, each creature has a story to tell and a moral to teach. These famous tales tickle the imagination and teach simple truths, ones that children and adults face every da
**"A welcome feast of fables for our times ... Carlo GΓ©bler's book is a wonderful, gloomy and welcome addition to the Aesopic corpus ... The stories have been re-written in a spiky, contemporary style ... The content of these pessimistic stories is thought-provoking but what makes the collection abs