Miss Nelson Has a Field Day
Paperback – Illustrated, October 24, 1988
HarperCollins · Paperback · October 24, 1988
In this companion to Miss Nelson Is Missing—the classic, hilarious story of a misbehaving class—the notorious Miss Swamp returns to Horace B. Smedley School to coach their failing football team.
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- Who it’s for
- A school’s losing football season gets a brisk, funny change of direction.
- Themes
- School football
- Genres
- Football Stories, Funny Stories, School Stories
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In this companion to Miss Nelson Is Missing—the classic, hilarious story of a misbehaving class—the notorious Miss Swamp returns to Horace B. Smedley School to coach their failing football team. The Smedley Tornadoes haven't won a game all year, and the entire school is down in the dumps. There's only one person tough enough to turn things around in time for the big Thanksgiving game!
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Your class or young reader will have a field day with this funny picture book, which its tongue-in-cheek humor and James Marshall’s simply silly illustrations. Plus don't miss the companion books: Miss Nelson Is Missing and Miss Nelson Is Back!
Classroom Sidelines
A school’s losing football season gets a brisk, funny change of direction.
Come here for
- Miss Swamp bringing her tough-minded coaching to a struggling team
- Classroom mischief colliding with football-season stakes
Expect
- Tongue-in-cheek humor
- James Marshall’s simply silly illustrations
Where it sits
| Football Stories | 91% |
|---|---|
| School Stories | 71% |
| Funny Stories | 64% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- The Classics
- Christmas & Advent
- Halloween Stories
- Thanksgiving Stories
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- Birthday Stories
- Patriotic Holidays
- Funny Stories
- Football Stories
- Authors
- Harry G. Allard
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- October 24, 1988
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- School football
- Reading lane
- The Classics