5: Realistic portrait of classroom dynamics
Every classroom has to have a class clown, and in Miss Mackle's second grade class, Horrible Harry takes the honor. His vivid imagination generally amuses the class and teacher, but his latest stunt, involving purple people that only he can see, has raised the ire of Mary, one of his classmates.Kline, a teacher, has painted a realistic portrait of classroom dynamics. You can tell her characters are drawn from real life, even if her scenarios seem a bit unreal and sketchy. The conclusion is a bit hasty, and we never find out whether the purple people are real, or why Mary is behaving like such a pill. But the humor is gentle, the drawings illuminating and kids should enjoy the easy read.
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