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Zack Files #27
My Teacher Ate My Homework
Zack's new substitute teacher seems kind of odd. And she is rather hairy. And get this, her name is Mrs. Wolfowitz! But is she really a werewolf? Or just one very weird lady who happens to like the taste of homework papers? Read on to find out!
64 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2002
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About the author
Dan Greenburg
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BOOKS:
Dan's 73 books have been published in 24 countries.
His adult best-sellers include EXES, LOVE KILLS, HOW TO BE A JEWISH MOTHER, HOW TO MAKE YOURSELF MISERABLE, and HOW TO AVOID LOVE AND MARRIAGE. How to be a Jewish Mother sold several million copies. It and How to Make Yourself Miserable were in print for 30 years and were on Publishers Weekly’s list of all-time bestsellers.
Amazon will publish Dan’s third psychological thriller, FEAR ITSELF, in January 2014. They’ll also republish his first two thrillers, EXES and LOVE KILLS.
He’s written four series of children's books: THE ZACK FILES, SECRETS OF DRIPPING FANG, WEIRD PLANET, and MAXIMUM BOY. The Zack Files sold more than 2 million copies, was translated into 20 languages, and generated an Emmy-winning 52-episode TV series that ran on Showtime and Fox Family.
ADVENTURES:
Dan has written extensively about his adventures:
Riding with NYPD homicide detectives for two years to research thrillers FEAR ITSELF, EXES, and LOVE KILLS.
Interviewing murderers alone in their maximum security prison cells for FEAR ITSELF.
Attending autopsies in the NYC morgue for EXES.
Learning how to discipline tigers and lions on a Texas tiger ranch.
Swimming with 80,000 lb. humpback whales in the deep ocean.
Flying upside down with a stunt pilot in an open-cockpit biplane.
Participating in dangerous voodoo rites in Haiti.
Riding with NYC firemen for four months and following them into burning buildings.
Searching for the Loch Ness Monster.
Assisting exorcists in a Connecticut house attacked by poltergeists.
Acting a major character role in a Western movie filmed in Spain.
Doing stand-up comedy at the New York Improv, and on TV talk shows.
Getting screamed at by Orson Welles on the set of Catch-22 in Mexico.
MAGAZINES:
Dan’s articles have appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, New York Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, The Huffington Post, Time, Life, Newsweek, Ms., Playboy, and have been reprinted in 44 humor anthologies in the U.S. and England.
MOVIES AND TV:
Dan has had six of his feature films produced, two of which are on Variety’s list of top grossing films.
THEATER:
Along with Jules Feiffer, John Lennon and Samuel Beckett, Dan was a contributor to Oh! Calcutta!, which ran on Broadway for 21 years. He was also a contributor to Free to be You and Me, which ran off and on Broadway for years.
MISC.:
Dan has appeared on The Today Show, The Tonight Show, Larry King Live, and Late Night with David Letterman. He grew up in Chicago, got his BFA from the University of Illinois, and his MFA from UCLA. He lives in Westchester, NY and British Columbia with his author wife Judith Greenburg and many cats.
dan@dangreenburg.com
BOOKS:
Dan's 73 books have been published in 24 countries.
His adult best-sellers include EXES, LOVE KILLS, HOW TO BE A JEWISH MOTHER, HOW TO MAKE YOURSELF MISERABLE, and HOW TO AVOID LOVE AND MARRIAGE. How to be a Jewish Mother sold several million copies. It and How to Make Yourself Miserable were in print for 30 years and were on Publishers Weekly’s list of all-time bestsellers.
Amazon will publish Dan’s third psychological thriller, FEAR ITSELF, in January 2014. They’ll also republish his first two thrillers, EXES and LOVE KILLS.
He’s written four series of children's books: THE ZACK FILES, SECRETS OF DRIPPING FANG, WEIRD PLANET, and MAXIMUM BOY. The Zack Files sold more than 2 million copies, was translated into 20 languages, and generated an Emmy-winning 52-episode TV series that ran on Showtime and Fox Family.
ADVENTURES:
Dan has written extensively about his adventures:
Riding with NYPD homicide detectives for two years to research thrillers FEAR ITSELF, EXES, and LOVE KILLS.
Interviewing murderers alone in their maximum security prison cells for FEAR ITSELF.
Attending autopsies in the NYC morgue for EXES.
Learning how to discipline tigers and lions on a Texas tiger ranch.
Swimming with 80,000 lb. humpback whales in the deep ocean.
Flying upside down with a stunt pilot in an open-cockpit biplane.
Participating in dangerous voodoo rites in Haiti.
Riding with NYC firemen for four months and following them into burning buildings.
Searching for the Loch Ness Monster.
Assisting exorcists in a Connecticut house attacked by poltergeists.
Acting a major character role in a Western movie filmed in Spain.
Doing stand-up comedy at the New York Improv, and on TV talk shows.
Getting screamed at by Orson Welles on the set of Catch-22 in Mexico.
MAGAZINES:
Dan’s articles have appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, New York Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, The Huffington Post, Time, Life, Newsweek, Ms., Playboy, and have been reprinted in 44 humor anthologies in the U.S. and England.
MOVIES AND TV:
Dan has had six of his feature films produced, two of which are on Variety’s list of top grossing films.
THEATER:
Along with Jules Feiffer, John Lennon and Samuel Beckett, Dan was a contributor to Oh! Calcutta!, which ran on Broadway for 21 years. He was also a contributor to Free to be You and Me, which ran off and on Broadway for years.
MISC.:
Dan has appeared on The Today Show, The Tonight Show, Larry King Live, and Late Night with David Letterman. He grew up in Chicago, got his BFA from the University of Illinois, and his MFA from UCLA. He lives in Westchester, NY and British Columbia with his author wife Judith Greenburg and many cats.
dan@dangreenburg.com
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October 15, 2009LOVED IT
March 5, 2017
my students enjoyed this as a read aloud. they're now checking out other books in the series to read on their own. yay!
May 26, 2017
Kids enjoy silly and sometimes tolerate sillier, but this book's premise is so silly that I don't think most young readers I know would be much entertained. Zack's substitute teacher bears a remarkable resemblance to a werewolf, and her devouring of his homework is, as far as he is concerned, yet another clue that she is one. Zack tries to get to the bottom of the woman's uncanny resemblance to this mythological creature. He has some completely unreasonable exchanges with the school principal, who threatens to suspend Zack for telling a lie about the teacher. (Would that it were so! Being suspended for lying?! In many schools, kids can swear like troopers at teachers with nary a consequence...and even some very young kids know this.) I intensely disliked the stereotypical portrayal of the principal as a sort of enemy that Zack's dad needs to defend him from. Furthermore, Zack's visiting his supposedly sick teacher--who is described as being "hazy" (she burns incense and plays sitar music) and who frankly comes across as stoned--is even more improbable.
The kids I know do like Greenburg's My Weird School series, but if this book is any sign of what the rest of the Zack Files series is like, I don't recommend it.
The kids I know do like Greenburg's My Weird School series, but if this book is any sign of what the rest of the Zack Files series is like, I don't recommend it.
October 2, 2013
Read by: Annie
Author: Dan Greenburg
Illustrated by: Jack E. Davis
Genre: Fantasy
Interest Level: 3-5
Grade Level Equivalent: 3.1
Lexile: 450L
Zach begins to suspect that his hairy, hunched, fang-toothed substitute teacher is a werewolf after hearing her growl and then watching her eat his homework. With the help of his friend, father, and regular teacher, they discover her true secret - she's actually a wolf that was bitten by a teacher! This is an easy read - short and simple - great for your developing readers.
Author: Dan Greenburg
Illustrated by: Jack E. Davis
Genre: Fantasy
Interest Level: 3-5
Grade Level Equivalent: 3.1
Lexile: 450L
Zach begins to suspect that his hairy, hunched, fang-toothed substitute teacher is a werewolf after hearing her growl and then watching her eat his homework. With the help of his friend, father, and regular teacher, they discover her true secret - she's actually a wolf that was bitten by a teacher! This is an easy read - short and simple - great for your developing readers.
December 24, 2007
The title is attractive. That gives you a good reason to spend some time on reading it.
Same as the other titles in the series, the story is extraordinarily spooky and entertaining.
Same as the other titles in the series, the story is extraordinarily spooky and entertaining.
June 10, 2009
Great book read it funny and very interesting
July 31, 2012
Another book I have read with my students
June 15, 2014
it was
April 11, 2015
funny book
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