Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster by Debra Frasier - Fabulous!

Sniffling and coughing through a week at home with a cold, Sage (one who shows wisdom, experience, judgment) misunderstands one of Mrs. Pages vocabulary words in the homework assignment, and the resulting embarrassment in front of her fifth-grade class leaves her devastated: wasted, ravaged. Ruined: destroyed. Finished: brought to an end. Miss Alaineus is not, as Sage determined in her defective and delirious mind, the woman on green spaghetti boxes whose hair is the color of uncooked pasta and turns into spaghetti at the ends. Sage slumps home after the vocabulary bee fiasco, to her moms comforting, if seemingly impossible words: Theres gold in every mistake. Fortunately, and as always, mothers know best.

Debra Frasier (author-illustrator of On the Day You Were Born) has created a masterpiece of clever wordplay in her hilarious and poignant story of the exquisite pain of schoolgirl mortification. One sentence using vocabulary words from A to Z runs along the bottom or side of each page (Obliterate me, send me to oblivion--no one could outdo my stupidity). Not just for word-worms, virtually any kid will identify with the occasionally confusing world of learning, and be reassured by the happy conclusion. Frasiers youthful artwork was inspired by her daughters fifth-grade desk. No fancy art supplies; just markers, notebook paper, pencils, glue, and scissors. The result is eminently inviting for grade-school children. (Ages 8 to 12) --Emilie Coulter

Fabulous!
My students had a blast reading this book. We also had a vocabulary parade of our own. They loved it!

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