About this title: A collection of 30 short stories about the wacky goings on at the 30-story high Wayside School. In one selection the students learn to tango and in another the cafeteria staff serves an unpopular dish for lunch.
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Avon Camelot Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780380754847ISBN:0380754843
Description: Good. No Jacket. Ex-Library. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. The book is very solid with lightly browned pages. There are library markings on the inside of the front cover, the first end paper, the copyright page, the dedication page, the top and bottom edges of the pages and the spine. The cover has minor shelf wear & moderate edge wear. Both corners at the bottom of the spine have 1/4 inch tears. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Date Published: 1990-08-01
ISBN-13:9780380754847ISBN:0380754843
Description: Very Good. Clean no writing, firm binding, has mild handling wear to edges and corners. Our cover is different than photo. All items come from a smoke-free home. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780380754847ISBN:0380754843
Description: Schick, Joel. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 192 p. Contains: Illustrations. Wayside School (Paperback). Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Camelot
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780380754847ISBN:0380754843
Description: Fair. No Jacket. Corners/Edges Worn, Several Creases On Covers, Piece Of Spine Missing, Spine Creased, Nameplate/Ink Inside Front Cover/First Page, Text Is Unmarked, Reading Copy. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Cover has some edge wear and a few small creases near corners. Pages are like new! A great copy! Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 192 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
"This book was very childish but i loved it. It didn't confuse me at all even though the book was suppose to be confusing. Wait that makes no sense whats so ever. Anyway i think it was a okay book to read. I honestly read that book because i didn't have anything better to read. Anyway i recommend this book to people who wants to read it."
"This book was many stories for each person that went to or worked wayside .This book was very crazy it was about some wacky people...............They all had their own storie"
"Pretty cute. I like Sachar. His stuff is enjoyable and at times insightful. This book wasn't particularly insightful, it was just fun. If you like clever children's lit, you'll like Wayside School*.
(*Note: This is NOT clever in the way that The Series of Unfortunate Events is clever. Consider the Unforunate Events series Clever, with a capital C, and Wayside School just clever.)"
"Sachar, L. (1989). Wayside School Is Falling Down. New York: Avon Books.
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Continuing with the Wayside Series, what's interesting with the second book is that, while the majority of chapters are still character sketches, there is more overlap and continuation of conflicts among the chapters. (The same is true for the third book as well).
Students that liked the first book will undoubtedly like the second and third books as well (however, usually disappointments about with the fourth book). Readers get to see more into the mysteriously missing nineteenth floor, the school basement, learn more about the characters and their families as well as have fun with language.
Rereading these books, I always want to re-check Sachar's biography. With his writing, I feel like he has spent more time as a teacher.
Activities to do with the book:
The entire series is great for dramatization or having students write their own chapters or stories in response.
An unexpected lesson of these books is best for teachers. Within the first three books of the series, multiple teaching styles are presented. Teachers can take away views of teaching and discipline from the child's perspective, which is always a wonderful view to keep in mind.
Favorite Quotes:
"You don't hate stories, Dana," Mrs. Jewls told her. "You love stories. I wish everybody laughed and cried as much as you" (p. 65).
"Miss Zarves assigns us a lot of busy work so we don't have time to think. She makes us memorize stupid things so that we don't think about the important things. And then she gives us good grades to keep us happy" (p. 102).
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