"It is the first day of school and the kids of Marie Curie School are getting a new teacher. Everyone arrives hoping for an athletic and handsome specimen, but instead, they find a fat, wrinkly, and incredibly old one. At first, the class is very disappointed. But then each student receives a strange gift-a book of very special coupons-and it becomes obvious that Monsieur Noël is not the kind of teacher you meet everyday. The school year ..."
" Margot’s been accepted to Pine Tree Junior High! Now it’s on to the big time. But there’s so much that needs to be done—Margot’s entire family feels the upheaval. Margot’s sister Anne, doesn’t make matters any easier: "Anyone would think you were the only kid in the world going into sixth grade," she snarls. But when the first day finally arrives, Margot realizes that all she really needs to do is to be her smart, conscientious self. S ..."
"When William's teacher asks what he's dreaming about during class one day, she gets an honest answer, and he gets suspended for three days! "Serves her right," he thinks, "if you go around asking people what they're thinking, you have to put up with the consequences." One wrong (honest) answer ends up getting William in more trouble than he bargained for. But three days off somehow energizes this listless teenager, and suspension turns ..."
"The last thing the class expects when they go back to school is for their new teacher to be old! And then he gives them a goofy present-a book of coupons: one coupon for skipping school for a day; one coupon for not listening in class; one coupon for singing at the top of your lungs whenever you like. The list goes on! What is this wrinkly old teacher trying to do, get everyone in trouble? Susie Morgenstern follows up her award-winning ..."
"Children everywhere know that our world needs fixing, but it is the rare author who can put herself in children's shoes, and capture their complicated feelings in words. Susie Morgenstern has a gift for taking serious subjects and making sure they're clever, touching, and never too heavy. In this striking new picture book, she tackles the penetrating question Who is taking care of our world? When a little boy is asked What do you want ..."
"Princess Yona is lonely and bored living in a huge castle with only her mother and father for company. But everything changes when her family moves into a four-bedroom apartment and she discovers a place called school. Then there is poor Princess Emma, who is trying very hard to find her own Prince Charming. Emma isn’t interested in good looks or courage, she just wants to find a prince who can scratch the incurably itchy spot in ..."
"Each date of this unusual diary, organized as an almanac from January 1st to December 31st, associates a quotation from a famous writer with a writing or observing activity. That way, writing brings new pleasure every day!"
"From the author of Secret Letters From 0 to 10 and A Book of Coupons, come these two silly, modern fairy tales about two different princesses. Princess Yona is a lonely little girl who wants nothing more than to have a plain old ordinary life. Princess Emma, meanwhile, is searching for her own unique version of Prince Charming because it's time for her to marry. Neither girl is happy with her royal situation, but, in classic Morgenstern ..."
"Paperback. Pub Date: 2000 08 Pages: 144 in Publisher: Puffin Ernest Morlaisse leads an unadventurous life of He comes home every day and eats the same snack: a green apple and a cracker and then he sits down to do his homework. The Enter Victoria de Montardent. the new girl in class. When Victoria sees Ernest it's love at first sight. And she makes her declaration to everyone: I love Ernest .... We're getting married in thirteen years. ..."
"The last thing the class expects when they go back to school is for their new teacher to be old! And then he gives them a goofy present-a book of coupons: one coupon for skipping school for a day; one coupon for not listening in class; one coupon for singing at the top of your lungs whenever you like. The list goes on! What is this wrinkly old teacher trying to do, get everyone in trouble? Susie Morgenstern follows up her award-winning ..."
Mon Amour by SusieHochMorgenstern Paperback, 124 Pages, Published 2002 by New Media German Language ISBN-13: 978-1-4000-3959-3, ISBN: 1-4000-3959-2
"Love like a bolt from the blue - a story of French-American craziness by Susie Morgenstern."
"Susie Morgenstern delivers two appealingly offbeat stories, reminiscent in their lighthearted charm of her Batchelder honor book, A Book of Coupons. In "The Autograph," when Claudette’s teacher asks the class to bring in a treasured object, Claudette proudly displays an autograph from the famous cellist Rostropovich. Surely, everyone will be awestruck. But they don’t seem to care. In "Our Teacher’s Boyfriend," Mademoiselle Raysun’s ..."
"PRAISE FOR A Book of Coupons "With the same ineffable sweetness she displayed in
Secret Letters from 0 to 10 (1998), Morgenstern offers another offbeat tale ..."