Cara Devins

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Miss Nelson is Missing (Allard) meets Mr. S (Arnaldo) in this story of an elementary school getting a new librarian. When the kids get the news that Ms. Bangle will be replacing beloved Ms. Stack, they agree not to like her...but Ms. Bangle goes right along with it! If they don't want her to read to them, well, she has plenty of other stuff to do - and she assigns them other stuff to do too! After a while they decide they would like to read together after all. The art is somewhere between Lauren Castillo and Chris Raschka's styles, lively and detailed but not cluttered. The library turtle is fun to keep an eye on, for those who like a seek-and-find element.

See also: Miss Nelson Is Missing, Mr. S, The World's Best Class Plant, Dear Substitute… (more)

First sentence: It was the very first day of school at Belford Elementary, and the students were so excited to be back.

Premise/plot: The kids may be happy to be back at school, but they are not happy to learn that their librarian from the previous year(s), Ms. Stack, has not come back. Ms. Bangle is the new librarian. Will she get a fair chance? Maybe. Maybe not. Can she out-smart this class of students? Probably.

My thoughts: Ms. Bangle knows all about reverse psychology. Possibly also love and logic.

I liked this one okay. Ms. Bangle is certainly a character. Is this a book kids will love? Maybe. Maybe not. Is it a book adult librarians will love? Probably. Possibly.… (more)