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1) The guardian
Author
Series
Home to Hickory Hollow volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Jodi Winfield comes to Lancaster to house-sit, the last thing she expects to find is a disheveled little girl alone on the side of the road. The young teacher is mystified when she learns there have been no reports of a missing child, and the girl herself is of no help, since she can't speak English. It's as if the child appeared out of nowhere. Then Jodi turns her attention to Hickory Hollow -- and the cloistered world of the Old Order Amish...
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
With the country in the midst of World War II, you can be sure the small town of Elderberry, Georgia, will pull together to find a missing child. And you can be equally certain that first-grade teacher, Miss Dimple Kilpatrick, will be in the search party - especially since Peggy Ashcroft is one of her students. Miss Dimple carves out a search path all her own and, once again, the sharp-as-a-tack teacher is right on point. But she finds Peggy too sick...
Author
Series
Miss Smith volume 1
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Zack is sure second grade will be boring, but that's before he meets his intriguing new teacher. Miss Smith has a knack for telling tales. When she reads from her incredible book, the stories literally spring to life. The first story fills the classroom with dueling pirates and the sound of their clashing swords. The second story transports Zack's class to the shady forest of the Big Bad Wolf. At the end of each spellbinding tale the characters slip...
Author
Series
Miss Smith volume 2
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
©2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Zack can't wait for school with Miss Smith. Her incredible storybook promises a new expedition each time she reads. This time the class is off on a fantastic journey to a Lost World. Zack and his friends are having a wonderful time -- until a Tyrannosaurus appears out of the jungle! The kids all flee to safety. But where is their beloved teacher? And where is the magic book that can take them home?
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"October, 1944. It has been a challenging season for Elderberry's favorite first grade teacher, Miss Dimple Kilpatrick. A beloved former student was recently killed in the war, her brother has become distant, and her friend Odessa, the cook at Pheobe's rooming house, has taken a leave of absence to care for a relative. Still, when Dimple's librarian friend, Virginia, finds a young woman, Dora, on the library porch looking for a place to spend the...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's the summer of 1944 and the world seems mired in a War that will never end. On the home front, the people of Elderberry, Georgia, are doing everything they can to support the troops. Even with a war on, the peaches are ripe for picking. As veteran teacher Miss Dimple Kilpatrick and her colleagues work in the orchard, they hear frantic calls for help: An eighteen-year-old girl, Prentice, has been missing--and is later found murdered. Miss Dimple...
Author
Series
Miss Smith volume 3
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
©2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Miss Smith reads from her magical book, the worlds she describes come alive -- literally! Today Miss Smith is taking her class on a field trip to a deliciously spooky library. There the class meets librarian Virginia Creeper and settles down to listen to a few scary tales. Before long everyone's favorite creepy characters are stalking the library and a haunted party is in full swing. So ... who's for taking a ride with the Headless Horseman?
Author
Publisher
Tessa Bailey
Pub. Date
©2022.
Language
English
Description
It was supposed to be a relaxing vacation in sweet, sunny Cape Cod-just me and my beloved brother-but discovering a corpse in our rental house really throws a wrench into our tanning schedule. Now a rude, crude bounty hunter has arrived on the back of his motorcycle to catch the killer and refuses to believe I can be helpful, despite countless hours of true crime podcast listening. Not to mention a fulfilling teaching career of wrangling second graders....
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Set in a small Georgia town during World War II, the Miss Dimple series features Miss Dimple Kilpatrick, longtime first-grade teacher at Elderberry Grammar School. Fastidious in her dress and distinctive in her manner, she is the epitome of small-town graciousness. Life in America during World War II springs vividly to life as Miss Dimple and her fellow townspeople battle valiantly against worry, rationing, and crime at home as well as abroad. It's...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The intimate and startlingly candid memoir from one of America's most beloved and private first ladies. In a captivating and compelling voice that ranks with many of our greatest memoirists, Laura Bush tells the story of her unique journey from dusty Midland, Texas, to the world stage and the White House. Her compassion her, sense of humor, her grace, and her uncommon willingness to bare her heart make Laura Bush's story deeply revelatory, beautifully...
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
One frosty morning in 1942, Charlie Carr and her fellow teachers are miffed with the school custodian "Christmas" Malone. The furnace hasn't been stoked and he hasn't emptied the wastebaskets. When he's found dead in a broom closet, it seems a heart attack may be to blame. But when beloved schoolmistress Miss Dimple Kilpatrick- who is as dependable as gravity- disappears, Charlie and her friend Annie Gardner begin to do some sleuthing on their own,...
12) Cooties
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A horror comedy with unexpected laughs and unapologetic thrills. When a cafeteria food virus turns elementary school children into little killer savages, a group of misfit teachers must band together to escape the playground carnage.
Author
Series
Planet Omar volume 3
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Omar is going on his biggest adventure yet--a trip to Pakistan! But his excitement about the trip is interrupted by some shocking news: his amazing teacher is not coming back to school, and no one will say why. When Omar and his friends start investigating, the hints they overhear and clues they find lead them to an alarming conclusion--it must be aliens! Omar has a huge imagination, but saving his teacher from aliens seems far-fetched even to him....
Author
Series
Miss Smith volume 4
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
©2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Miss Smith's class can't ever wait for story time. When their teacher reads from her incredible storybook, the worlds she describes come alive -- literally! So when the class takes a field trip to the local aquarium, reading magic brings favorite nautical characters to life, including Long John Silver and the Swiss Family Robinson. From swimming with the Little Mermaid to rescuing their treasured storybook from scurvy pirates, it's another rollicking...
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A class of adorable students gives tips and tricks for getting a teacher ready for the first day of school, and all the events and milestones that will follow (picture day, holiday concert, the 100th day of school, field day!). And along the way, children will see that getting their teacher ready is really getting themselves ready.
Author
Series
Even though we're adults volume 1
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Ayano, an elementary school teacher in her thirties, stops by a bar one day and meets another woman named Akari. Sparks fly as the two chat, and before the night is over, Ayano even goes in for a kiss. Akari is intrigued but confused especially when she discovers that Ayano has a husband!"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Mr. Wolf's class volume 5
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A blizzard is coming to Hazelwood Elementary! It's snowing, and there's excitement in the air because the school day might end early. Students and teachers alike are looking forward to seeing what happens! Meanwhile, Abdi is distracted and worried because his brother is having surgery. He's supposed to go home with Henry, but they miss the bus and end up having an unexpected adventure with Mr. Wolf!"--Provided by publisher.
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame (DVD videodiscs) volume 66
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
When he was growing up, Brad started making funny noises - all the time. Only Brad and his supportive mother knew he could not control it. He was teased, misunderstood, and punished for disrupting class. By the time he was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome, Brad had learned to hate school. When an understanding school principal offered encouragement, Brad decided to become a teacher. Now he has to find a school where someone with Tourettes can teach...
20) Happy-go-lucky
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Poppy is a life-loving and irrepressibly cheerful primary school teacher. She is thirty years old, single, and infinitely optimistic and accepting. She lives with her best friend and flatmate Zoe in London. She is tested by a repressed driving instructor with anger problems, and, in turn, she decides to test him. She has exciting flamenco lessons, an encounter with a homeless man, an argument with her pregnant sister, and a love-affair with the social...
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