Miss Smith Reads Again! - Hardcover

Michael Garland is an awardiwinning and best-selling author and illustrator.

Garland's Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook won the California and Delaware State Reading Awards. He is currently working on his thirtieth book as author and illustrator.

Kindergarten-Grade 3–Zack and his second-grade teacher, first featured in Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook (Dutton, 2003), have returned for another escapade, this time with a prehistoric twist. Miss Smith has an amazing book that, when read aloud, brings tales to life. As she begins to read Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World, her class is transported to an Amazonian jungle inhabited by a ferocious Tyrannosaurus rex. When Zack unintentionally changes the plot and the teacher disappears, the students must use their wits to survive. Luckily the young protagonist knows a bit about dinosaurs and is able to save Miss Smith and bring everyone safely back to the classroom–along with an extra traveler. While the first title introduced children to a story's magical powers through a multitude of recognizable characters from classic tales and nursery rhymes, this one focuses on a single story, and the nonstop action will win an even larger audience of fans. Youngsters will be drawn to the boldly colored computer-generated illustrations, particularly the jungle scenes, which show an interesting array of dinosaurs. A fun-filled literary adventure.–Maura Bresnahan, High Plain Elementary School, Andover, MA
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