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Mr. Tanen's ties rule! -
by Maryann Cocca-Leffler.
Morton Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman & Co., 2005.
1 v. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Annotations:
- On Career Day, Principal Tanen distributes "job" ties to the students who will run Lynnhurst School for the day while he and the teachers become students, but important surprise visitors arrive in the midst of the ensuing chaos.
Reading Measurement Programs:
Accelerated Reader
Interest Level Lower Grade
Book Level 3.6
Accelerated Reader Points 0.5
Lexile, MetaMetrics, Inc.
Adult Directed
Lexile Measure 700
Reading Counts-Scholastic
Interest Level K-2
Reading Level 3
Title Point Value 2
Lexile Measure AD 700
Reviews:
- Diane Carver Sekeres, Ph.D. (Children's Literature)
Career Day opens at the Lynnhurst School with the eagerly awaited “Tie Ceremony.” This is the day when teachers and chosen students exchange jobs. Mr. Tanen selects the perfect tie for each “teacher,” and everyone in the school begins the day with great enthusiasm. All goes well, except for the unplanned visit of Mr. Apple, the director of schools, and Mrs. Harding, all the way from Washington, D.C. She is visiting to decide whether Lynnhurst School should win the National School Award! The author pokes gentle fun at the director through both illustrations and dialogue. He worries that the visit is not going well, and he cannot quite seem to find Mr. Tanen, though the rather tall student in P.E. catches his eye. Not to worry, though. Predictably, Lynnhurst emerges the winner in the end. Each page is bright with color, movement and expression, drawing the reader in to thoroughly enjoy the humor in the illustrations above the text. 2005, Albert Whitman & Company, $15.95. Ages 4 to 8.Kirkus (Kirkus Reviews, February 15, 2005 (Vol. 73, No. 4))
Third time's not the charm for the Principal with the world-class cravat collection. Mr. Tanen may own 998 "wild and crazy" ties, but on Career Day, he goes for the unbuttoned-collar look, as students and faculty switch roles-just before a Federal Official pays an unscheduled call. Accompanied by a comically dismayed Superintendent, the inscrutable, neatly coifed Mrs. Harding takes notes as she sees children washing windows, serving tuna-and-peanut-butter tacos for lunch, leading classes and finally, welcoming her into the tie-strewn Principal's office. But not to worry: given a note excusing him from Gym, Mr. Tanen hurries in to explain it all, and Mrs. Harding declares Lynnhurst School the winner of a national award. Gaily colored neckties flutter through a set of splashy watercolor school scenes, but can't rescue the sketchy, predictable plot. Still, aside from the episode's two predecessors and the likes of Stephanie Calmenson's Principal's New Clothes (1991), principals rarely get good press-and the students here do respond to the mini-crisis with calm common sense. 2005, Whitman, 30p, $15.95. Category: Picture book. Ages 6 to 8. © 2005 Kirkus Reviews/VNU eMedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Subjects:
- Schools Fiction.
School principals Fiction.
Neckties Fiction.
Occupations Fiction.
| Language | Call Number | LCCN | Dewey Decimal | ISBN/ISSN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English (eng) | PZ7.C638 Mrr 2005 |
2004018579 |
[E] |
0807553085 (hardcover) 9780807553084 |