Charlie Bumpers vs. the Teacher of the Year

Charlie Bumpers has problems. His little sister Squid (Mabel) talks too much. His big brother Matt knows how to push his buttons, and he has to be in Mrs. Burke's class for 4th grade. She calls her classroom and empire and has this way of snapping her fingers that sounds like Pow! Pow! Pow! And to t......more

We elementary librarians need more books like this! Simple, sweet, small, slim. Boys will read it. Most kids will bother to finish because it's not hard to get through or overwhelming to look at ... there are pictures on almost every spread. Not a fantastic work of literary import, but I find my stu......more

I wasn't expecting to be all that interested in this book, but I was very pleasantly surprised. Charlie was a delightful, mischievous character, and I really enjoyed watching him grow and begin to understand how he had to conduct himself to be successful in school. Charlie reminded me a little of Jo......more