Miss Kraft Is Daft!

My Weirder School #7

by Dan Gutman, Jim Paillot (Illustrator)

With more than 30 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading! Oh no! Mr. Granite is sick in this seventh book in the My Weirder School series. A.J. and the gang will have a substitute teacher all week. Yay! But Miss Kraft is weird. She wears a clown costume and uses hand puppets to talk. She likes to do magic tricks. And she's happy all the time. What is her problem? Perfect for reluctant readers and word lovers alike, Dan Gutman's hugely popular My Weird School series has something for everyone. Don't miss the hilarious adventures of A.J. and the gang.

Genres: Childrens, Fiction, Juvenile, Humor, School

112 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2012

About the author

The author of over 80 books in a little over a decade of writing, Dan Gutman has written on topics from computers to baseball. Beginning his freelance career as a nonfiction author dealing mostly with sports for adults and young readers, Gutman has concentrated on juvenile fiction since 1995. His most popular titles include the time-travel sports book Honus and Me and its sequels, and a clutch of baseball books, including The Green Monster from Left Field. From hopeful and very youthful presidential candidates to stunt men, nothing is off limits in Gutman's fertile imagination. As he noted on his author Web site, since writing his first novel, They Came from Centerfield, in 1994, he has been hooked on fiction. "It was fun to write, kids loved it, and I discovered how incredibly rewarding it is to take a blank page and turn it into a WORLD."

Gutman was born in New York City in 1955, but moved to Newark, New Jersey the following year and spent his youth there.

Reviews

[Al Burke · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this to my seven-year old son over two days. Some of the play on words is pretty funny, and the antics Miss Daft gets up to get the kids learn is pretty creative, but I really feel no urge to read any more, even though we own a couple. However, with regards to the series, I did read a couple of chapters of another book in the series, and the jokes in the first couple of chapters were identical.

[Ashley Love Sellers · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty darn fun!

[Mehsi · Rating 1 out of 5]

Um, what the hell did I just read? This was just beyond stupid. I am sorry, but yeah. It was already not that good, but then the ending happened and it was just like someone had hurried through it. I disliked AJ a great deal and he should just be suspended because dang boy you have some attitude problems. :| I felt sorry for Andrea, yes, she is a bit of a suck-up, but I didn't get why everyone was hating on her so much. Miss Kraft was a fun character, but only for a bit. After a while it just was the same stuff and I wasn't impressed.

[Ms. B · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gross, exaggerated humor for boys, especially those who like quick reads. With that said, I will confess it was a girl who requested this series and led me to read it.

[Anthony · Rating 3 out of 5]

A.J'.s teacher, Mr. Granite, goes home sick with a head cold, and Miss Kraft, a recent graduate from clown college is the substitute teacher, who clowns around, and does magic tricks while teaching. Of course A.J. and his classmates think she has a problem, because she's happy all the time. During one her amazing tricks Principal Klutz comes into the class to quite them down, and Miss Kraft makes him disappear in a puff of smoke. Mr. Granite returns day to school the next and is shocked when finds out what the class learned. Things just keep getting weirder at Ella Mentry School.

[MJ Belo · Rating 3 out of 5]

⭐⭐⭐
Miss Kraft is Daft! made absolutely no sense. The author keeps reusing the same jokes he used in every single other book in the series. It isn't even a funny series anymore.

The book could have been funny. Dan Gutman is still reusing the same jokes he used on the first book, the second book, the third book, the fourth book, and so on. If Dan Gutman just stopped using those jokes and added new ones, the book would be funnier. The whole idea of a silly substitute teacher has been used in another book.

[Anna Salvesen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Miss Kraft is the substitute teacher because Mr. Granite is out sick. Miss Kraft is fun then not fun. First she lets the kids do party games and stuff, but then they have to do math, which none of them like. Andrea likes it though. Then, they have lunch and they think Miss Kraft is a magician and a circus acrobat because she can take out people's brains and can ride a unicycle while juggling things. The kids think the real substitute teacher is stuck in a cage with a lion.

[Cassie Dohmen · Rating 4 out of 5]

A silly and ridiculous book, "Miss Kraft is Daft" was selected as our bedtime chapter book by my 11-year-old son. I must perform an impressive array of voices and personalities because he would correct me if I used Andrea's choice for Miss Kraft (they're similar!) The story is fine, but I'm rounding up to four stars for the experience, because the time I get with him at the end of the day, laughing hilariously at a book about pranks and wacky teachers is worth all the stars.

[Marya · Rating 3 out of 5]

More meta fun as the children finally get to tackle page twenty-three in their math books (the world does not end). That's one of the great things about a series: you finally get payout on running gags.

[Parisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

این سری کتاب ها برای رده سنی نوجوون خیلی بامزه و دلنشینه
هرچند من بزرگسال هم باهاش stress relief میکنم

تو این کتاب یه معلم جایگزین میاد براشون که به کالج دلقک بازی رفته، و با دلقک بازی ضرب ۱۱ رو بهشون یاد میده
جایزه نو بل هم برای کساییه که زنگ ندارن

[Gail · Rating 3 out of 5]

Best substitute ever?! Clown/magician

[Baiju John · Rating 5 out of 5]

Magians are weird

[Jaden John · Rating 5 out of 5]

Magians are cool

[Nghi Nguyen]

funny

[Luiza · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

[Ben · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yes I liked the book. The book was funny and had a lot of jokes about substitute teachers. This one dresses up like a clown and does magic.

My favorite part of the book is when Miss Kraft tells the kids to tie her up with a 500 pound weight over her head. If they don't name all the states in ABC order then a the weight will fall on her. My least favorite part is when the class planned to drop all their books on the floor at 1:00, but only AJ did. He almost got suspended. I would have kids who like funny books read this. The teacher being a clown is good. The kids learn but it's like they are at the circus.

[Shelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dan Gutman has achieved that fantastically fun repetitive formula that kid will love reading again and again. Poor Mr. Granit is sick and needing to take a day off work. Never fear Miss. Kraft substitute teacher/newly graduated clown is here to save the day, and MAYBE just maybe get through page twenty-three in the students math book. If only eleven times eleven wasn't the diabolic number that kills them all!! Super funny, fun, fun book! Every elementary school library and classroom should have a series set. Guaranteed to make reluctant readers into excited readers.

[Ruth Ann · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is Book #7 of the My Weirder School Series for younger readers (ages 7-10).
When Mr. Granite gets sick, Miss Craft is the substitute teacher. She is part clown, part entertainer, and part teacher. A.J. is warming up to her until she introduces a sock puppet, Mr. Bongo, to teach math. YIKES!
All of the main characters of the My Weird School Series are present again but we also meet Neil, the nude boy, and Alexia, a girl who rides a skateboard all of the time.

[Erika · Rating 3 out of 5]

My 2nd grader is devouring these - not literally of course. Had to find out why. Love Gutman's play on words (reminds you how bizarre the English language is) and the fun asterisks used to include additional comments at the bottom on various pages. Wasn't as intrigued by the magician substitute story, but did laugh out loud a few times.

[Samantha · Rating 3 out of 5]

When Mr. Granite gets sick and has to leave for the day, A.J. and his buddies are looking forward to a do-nothing day. That is until the substitute arrives on a unicycle! Miss Kraft has just graduated from a clown college! A.J. and his friends are in for a treat. Or are they?

[Sydney · Rating 4 out of 5]

its about Mr.Granite is sick and they have a subsitute but she is really weird she does magic tricks.

[BibliofiendLM · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very funny!

[Imani-chamere · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hi, this is a very funny my real rate 10000 stars.so if you like funny books then this is the one for you. : D

[Alysha DeShaé · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh the eleven times table... Able to suck you into a parallel universe and explode your head if you reach 11 times 11. Children's rumors are fun!

[Gideon · Rating 5 out of 5]

gr8 book can't wait for more

[Luiza Ramos]

I thought it was funny

[Christine (KizzieReads) · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son loved it and I let him rate them.

[Cheyanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

good

[TheBookWorm🐛 🐛 · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is sooõøōòôöó cool

[Dan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another young children's book by Dan Gutman that I had fun recording.