The Day the Teacher Went Bananas

By James Howe

Book Overview

A class's new teacher, who leads the children in a number of very popular activities, turns out to be a gorilla. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525441077
• ISBN13: 9780525441076
• Release Date: October 1984
• Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.1" x 0.4" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Funny and sweet

This one is a charming picture book for preschoolers on up through maybe second grade. One day a new teacher arrives at school. Dramatic irony kicks in; the reader can instantly tell that the "teacher" is in fact a gorilla, but the book's gentle humor comes from the kids in the story going along with the situation. Accordingly, they learn how to swing from trees and make a mess with art supplies and clang pots and pans for music. Along comes this principal, who informs the class that "there has been a terrible mistake" and that the *real* new teacher is here at last, having been sent to the zoo by mistake! Everything is thus cleared up, but the kids miss their "favorite teacher" and visit him at the zoo. Wonderful.

The Day the Teacher Went Bananas

In this story it is about a new teacher which happens to be a gorilla. When all the kids got to school they were not sure on what to call their new teacher because he never gave them his name. All he did was grunt a lot. In the school it was time for arithmetic and he showed them how to count on their toes. They also learned a new way to write. In science class they went outside. For lunch they went back into the classroom and ate lunch. They new teacher ate sixteen bananas! The kids all decided to bring in bananas to eat for lunch the next day so they could be like their new teacher! This book teaches that even if you are not the best teacher or your not suited for the job you can always teach someone somewhere something new. The age level for this book is 3-8. I thought that this book was very good and I would recommend it for little kids.

Ha ha

Oh, this is really funny. Greatly understated humor and charming illustrations make this a winning children's book.