Class Mom: Ready-to-Read Level 1

Robin Hill School

by Margaret McNamara, Mike Gordon (Illustrator)

In the twentieth installment of the hit Robin Hill School series, Nia volunteers her mama to be in charge of planning a great party for Mrs. Connor’s class. Everyone is excited—but Nia’s mama doesn’t know she’s been volunteered! Nia knows her mother is shy about speaking English, and is much more comfortable with her native Spanish. With the party fast approaching, can Nia and her mama pull off a great party for the first-grade class?

32 pages, Paperback

First published June 23, 2009

About the author

Margaret McNamara is the Christopher Award–winning author of more than two dozen books for young readers, including the Robin Hill School series. The Fairy Bell Sisters series is inspired not only by her love of the classic sisterhood novel Little Women but by her own experiences growing up with older sisters (and a baby brother). Margaret and her family live in New York City, but they spend part of their summer on an island in Maine very much like Sheepskerry Island.

Reviews

[Bethany · Rating 4 out of 5]

When her teacher announces that there's going to be a class party, Nia volunteers her mom to help saying she's always wanted to be class mom. The only problem is that Nia's mom is shy and doesn't like to talk much so has no interest in being a class mom. With the party fast approaching, Nia still hasn't told her mom and tries different excuses to get out of class. It isn't until they arrive at school that Nia confesses, but is it too late?

CLASS MOM is a cute story about an outgoing daughter and an introverted mother. It's perfect for early readers and a great one for mothers to share with their children. With Nia suffering the consequences of lying, it opens up the opportunity to discuss lying with your children. Nia's stressful emotions show how guilt works and how bad telling lies is for others too. The illustrations are simple with their watercolor style.


Final Verdict: I would recommend this to early readers aged four and up who are in school and dealing with social issues for the first time. This can be educational for both sounding out words and how to handle school issues like lying.

[Gaby Roman · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a nice, short book that I can introduce to students who have family members that don't know English very well. I would teach my students that there are ways to communicate with people even if they don't know the same language.

[Heather Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

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