Dan Gutman’s Miss Suki Is Kooky is a laugh-out-loud school story for 8 year olds about a famous author’s visit that goes about as badly as a visit can.<\/p>\n
It’s book seventeen of My Weird School. One Monday teacher after teacher wants to talk about the same picture book, The Fearless Falcon. The librarian, Mrs. Roopy, even turns up dressed as the falcon (feathers, beak, the lot).<\/p>\n
Then Mr. Klutz explains. Its author, Miss Suki Kabuki, is coming all the way from Japan to visit. On Picture Day, of all days.<\/p>\n
A.J. has never heard of her. Children’s books are dumb, he says, apart from Dr. Seuss.<\/p>\n
Three weeks of build-up follow. There’s a red carpet made of paper, a countdown chart in the office and science lessons about peregrine falcons and their razor-sharp talons. Mrs. Roopy warns everyone not to ask Miss Suki how old she is or how much money she makes. Can you guess which questions get asked?<\/p>\n
The big day goes wrong from the first minute. Miss Suki trips over the red carpet. A fire drill sends her running out of her own assembly, hugging the mystery box she’s brought along. Let’s just say the box squawks.<\/p>\n
A.J. is on top form. He argues with Andrea about vegetarians and veterinarians (twice, and wins both times in his own head). He’s worked out that saying please over and over works on any grown-up. There are footnotes too, and one of them is only there to make you look down for no reason.<\/p>\n
The girls spend the whole day fussing over their hair and mirrors for Picture Day, and if you know this series you’ll suspect those mirrors are going to matter.<\/p>\n
It’s worth knowing that the last two chapters get a bit wild. A frightened bird gets loose in the gym, knocks Emily off the benches lined up for the class photo and later ends up twitching on the floor after a crash. The story never quite tells you whether he’s alright.<\/p>\n
A child who’s very tender about animals might find that upsetting. Most readers will be too busy laughing at Mr. Klutz in a catcher’s mitt with a towel wrapped round his head.<\/p>\n
If your reader enjoyed Mrs. Roopy in her bird suit, Mrs. Roopy Is Loopy is the book where she first arrives as the new librarian and keeps turning up in disguise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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