The Recess Queen
Scholastic Inc. · Print & ebook · February 1, 2002
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- Who it’s for
- A lively, rhythmic playground story gives conflict resolution a welcome twist: friendship, not adult intervention.
- Themes
- Bullying, Conflict resolution, Friendship
- Pacing
- Fast
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A fresh and original twist on the common issue of bullying. Kids will relate, while parents and teachers will appreciate the story's deft handling of conflict resolution (which happens without adult intervention). Mean Jean was Recess Queen and nobody said any different. Nobody swung until Mean Jean swung. Nobody kicked until Mean Jean kicked. Nobody bounced until Mean Jean bounced.
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If kids ever crossed her, she'd push 'em and smoosh 'em lollapaloosh 'em, hammer 'em, slammer 'em kitz and kajammer 'em. Until a new kid came to school! With her irrepressible spirit, the new girl dethrones the reigning recess bully by becoming her friend in this infectious playground romp.
Playground With Personality
A lively, rhythmic playground story gives conflict resolution a welcome twist: friendship, not adult intervention.
Come here for
- Energetic rhymes and a memorable playground bully
- A fresh take on standing up to bullying
Expect
- Conflict resolved between children, without adult intervention
- A warm shift from playground trouble toward friendship
Where it sits
| School Stories | 87% |
|---|---|
| Friendship | 85% |
| Bullying | 81% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Big Feelings
- Friendship
- Bullying
- Authors
- Alexis O'Neill
- Publisher
- Scholastic Inc.
- Published
- February 1, 2002
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Bullying · Conflict resolution · Friendship
- Reading lane
- Big Feelings