Miss Malarkey Leaves No Reader Behind
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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2006 · Est. 11 min read-aloud

Miss Malarkey Leaves No Reader Behind

By Kevin O'Malley (Author/Illustrator), Judy Finchler

Part of the Miss Malarkey series

Can Miss Malarkey inspire students to read 1,000 books and turn the principal's hair purple?

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32 pages· 1,364 words· Est. 11 min read-aloud
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Principal Wiggins will dye his hair purple and sleep on the school roof if students read 1,000 books. Miss Malarkey is on a mission to ignite a love for reading in every student, even the most reluctant ones. With a diverse group of nonreaders, from video game enthusiasts to sports fans, can she find the perfect book for each child and meet the challenge? As the clock ticks, the stakes rise, and the school buzzes with excitement. Will the students rally to see their principal's colorful transformation?

From the publisher

Award-winning duo Judy Finchler and Kevin O’Malley are back with another book in the best-selling Miss Malarkey series that makes reading fun! Principal Wiggins has promised to dye his hair purple and sleep on the school roof if the students read 1,000 books this year, and Miss Malarkey is determined to find the right book for every student, including this story’s reluctant-reader narrator. Winning her students over book by book, Miss Malarkey will have students loving to read in no time. As the best-selling series continues in paperback, no teacher, librarian, or parent should leave this book behind! Principal Wiggins promises to dye his hair purple and sleep on the school roof if the students read 1,000 books this year. Miss Malarkey is determined to find the right book for each student so they’ll participate in the school program, and learn to love reading. She’s got a tough audience - video game fanatics, artists, sports lovers - nonreaders all. But she won’t give up until Principal Wiggins can flip his purple wig.With all the new pressures being put on teachers these days, the one thing everyone agrees about is the need for all children to learn to love reading. Now, the best-selling Miss Malarkey series uses all the programs and initiatives developed to help children read as fodder for the humor mill, keeping everyone laughing about this important topic. No teacher, librarian or parent should leave this book behind!

At a glance
Format
Paperback
Pages
32
Words
1,364
Reading age
4–8
Audience
Picture
Lexile
570L
Themes & topics
Books about self-discoveryBooks about readingBooks about school
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
3.3
F&P level
~O
AR points
0.5
AR interest level
LG
AR quiz
108445
Publication
Published
June 22, 2010
First published
June 27, 2006
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780802720986

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