Mr. Klutz is nuts!

Format:

Book (regular print)

Title:

Mr. Klutz is nuts!

Other title(s):

Mister Klutz is nuts!

Author:

Gutman, Dan author

ISBN:

9780060507022

9780060507039

9780756976590

9781415544907

9781442023109

9781417700875

9780439700436

Edition:

1st Harper Trophy ed.

Publication Information:

New York : HarperTrophy, 2004.

Physical Description:

96 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Series title(s):

My weird school ;

Number in series:

BK. 2.

Contents:

The flying principal -- Big trouble -- The principal is your pal -- The present -- My big mouth -- The chocolate party -- Teacher for a day -- Mr. Klutz puckers up -- I pledge allegiance to Mr. Klutz -- Mr. Klutz is getting weirder -- The last straw -- A hard bargain -- Poor Mr. Klutz.

Summary:

Principal Klutz was hanging upside down from the school flagpole. He kissed a pig on the lips and painted his bald head orange. And now he wants to bungee jump off the roof of the school dressed as Santa Claus!

Reading Level:

Ages 7-10.

Program Information:

AR LG 4.4 1.0.

Accelerated Reader 4.4.

Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.4 1.0 79641.

Reading Counts RC 3-5 2.3 3 Quiz: 35405 Guided reading level: O.

Subject(s):

School principals -- Juvenile fiction.

Rewards and punishments in education -- Juvenile fiction.

Elementary schools -- Juvenile fiction.

School principals -- Fiction.

Genre:

High interest-low vocabulary books

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With more than 30 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading!

In the second book of the original My Weird School series, Principal Klutz goes nuts! He wants to climb to the top of the Ella Mentry School flagpole. He even kissed a pig on the lips and painted his bald head orange. And now he wants to bungee jump off the roof of the school dressed as Santa Claus!

Perfect for reluctant readers and word lovers alike, bestselling author Dan Gutman's insanely popular My Weird School series has something for everyone. Don't forget to join A.J. and the gang on the rest of their hilarious adventures.

Author Notes

Dan Gutman was born in New York City on October 19, 1955. He received a degree in psychology from Rutgers University in 1977. He started a video game magazine in 1982 called Video Games Player, which later became Computer Games. When the magazine went out of business in 1985, he decided to become a full-time writer. He wrote several non-fiction baseball books for adults, before changing his focus to non-fiction sports books for children. In 1994, he decided to switch to children's fiction. He is the author of the Baseball Card Adventures Series, My Weird School series, My Weird School Daze series, My Weirder School series, and The Genius Files series. In 2014 his title, Texas with Love, which was the fourth book in the Genius Files Series, made The New York Times Best Seller List.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 2-3-This humorous story features a nontraditional but goodhearted principal who skateboards to school and constantly challenges students to strive for academic excellence. When second-grader A.J. gets sent to the office because he didn't do his homework, Mr. Klutz gives him a candy bar as an incentive to try harder. Then the man proposes that if all students in the school complete one million math problems he will throw a chocolate party with all the treats they can eat. Other challenges follow, as Mr. Klutz promises to climb the flagpole if the kids complete Election Day essays, dress up in a turkey costume and ride a pogo stick down Main Street when they compile a list of 100,000 spelling words, etc. Although the children hold up their end of each bargain, they begin to worry about Mr. Klutz as his promises get weirder and weirder. Eventually, they tell him that they will stop learning unless he stops his crazy antics. Black-and-white cartoons add to the silliness, and the large print and simple vocabulary make this an easy chapter book that will satisfy newly confident as well as reluctant readers who ask for funny books.-Kristina Aaronson, Henniker Community School, NH (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Horn Book Review

A. J.'s second-grade teacher, Miss Daisy, claims she can't read, write, or do math problems; his principal, Mr. Klutz, stages a variety of stunts (e.g., he kisses a pig) to motivate his students. Astute readers will realize that teacher and principal actually come out on top in these silly stories that strain too hard for laughs. Spare, cartoony black-and-white art appears throughout. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.

1 The Flying Principal	p. 1
2 Big Trouble	p. 5
3 The Principal Is Your Pal	p. 9
4 The Present	p. 21
5 My Big Mouth	p. 27
6 The Chocolate Party	p. 35
7 Teacher for a Day	p. 43
8 Mr. Klutz Puckers Up	p. 55
9 I Pledge Allegiance to Mr. Klutz	p. 61
10 Mr. Klutz Is Getting Weirder	p. 70
11 The Last Straw	p. 77
12 A Hard Bargain	p. 85
13 Poor Mr. Klutz	p. 91

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