My Weird School #1: Miss Daisy Is Crazy!

May be great for older kids but definitely not something you'd want to get for independent early readers. I got these for my 5 year old to read but then realized he's picking up words like "stupid", "dumb", "I hate school". I had to take the whole set of books away from him (I bought a set from scholastic reading club). Maybe I'll give them back to him when he's a little older for some fun reading, understanding you can't just throw those "bad" words out at friends and teachers in school.

I think this book is really interesting and awesome. Why do people think this is inappropriate because it's not and before I even heard of this series, I HATED reading but then when I heard about the my weird school series, I really started to enjoy reading to this day. Now I have a bunch of my weird school books, the entire diary of a wimpy kid series, two dork dairies books, and a bunch of big Nate books.

This book is written by the famous author Dan Gutman. This book is good for ages 8-10. It is a really good book that I know you will enjoy.This boo is so funny. It is really funny. Miss Daisy is teaching second grade and she doesn't even know how to do anything. She is really dumb. The kids in her class are even smarter than miss Daisy. That is why the book is called Miss Daisy is Crazy. I hope for readind my review it will make you read this fabulous book. I hope you are going to enjoy this book.

My younger son (1st grade) really enjoys the My Weird School series by Dan Gutman. He is just starting to learn to read so the MWS series are books that I read to him at bedtime. We own 4-5 of the books and have checked out several more from our local library.

Pros: There are some very silly and funny parts, which encourage children to read more. My son loved Dr. Brad Has Gone Mad because Dr. Brad speaks with an accent. ("I vant you to look at zeez pictures and tell me vut you see.") Or when the teacher says to take out your reading log, AJ says, "I don't have a reading log. Who wants to read a log?" There are some educational parts (for example, the book about Presidents' Day, Mr. Macky is Wacky, "I'm James Madison. I am the 4th president--and the shortest. I'm about five feet four inches tall.").

Cons: The language in the book is not appropriate. Every book starts with "My name is A.J. and I hate school." My sons (1st and 4th) like school and I want them to continue to like school for as long as possible. I know they will at some point not like school anymore. I'd rather that they didn't get the idea too soon that they're "supposed to" hate school. So I when I read the book, I either just read, "My name is A.J." or if I read the I hate school part, then I'll try to counter that with, "That's too bad! School can be so fun!"

Every book also has several instances of name-calling, mostly "dumbhead." I usually don't read the name calling parts. If I accidently do read it or it's part of the plot, then I stop and remind my son that we don't call people names. Several times the main character will say, "Nah-nah-nah boo-boo on her." AJ and another character Andrea are always bickering. "Maybe you'll finally get kicked out of school," said Andrea. "Your face should get kicked out of school," I told her. Again, as much as I can, I cut these parts out and don't read them.

With bullying in schools and rude behavior from so many people (kids and adults), do we really need children's books that encourage this kind of behavior? If the author could change the mean and rude language to more of the fun and silly parts, I would give this series 5 stars--and probably buy every single MWS book. But instead I give them a cautious 3 stars and wonder if I should stop getting any more of these books. I would never buy one of these books as a gift for another child.

Wow. This book is filled with humor and laughter. Strongly encourged to be bought. Books are also cheap and affordble.

Cheapest book in this series ever saw is Mr Coony is Loony.It just cost 0.99 US dollars.

This beginning chapter book appeals to children because the characters are fun. My students loved the illustrations and many of them looked for other books by the same author (there are many). It introduced some challenging words (circumference) but in a way that the kids could understand.

We were getting tired of Judy Moody, Junie B Jones, etc. books and decided to give this series a try...well low and behold my daughter loves this series. I do caution this series is truly for a second grader. The humor in the books is best suited for a seven year old. The humor in the books keeps her interested from start to finish. I would definitely recommend this series.

I highly recommend this series of books! I stumbled upon a few of these books at a rummage sale and ended up going back to get all they had. Our 8 year old twin grandsons don't like to read, but love reading these books. The books are well written, entertaining and the kids can relate to them. I plan to get the entire series.

By 8-year-old reluctant reader LOVES this whole series. I used to have to nag him to read his 15 minutes per day, but not with these books! He would home from school, grab one of these books, and 1 hour later he would still be reading and laughing. Thank you Dan Gutman! Keep them coming!

This CD is an absolute Rock-N-Roll masterpiece. Miss Crazy could easily saved '80's Rock.....and saved all of us from the likes of Kurt Cobain, Eddie Vedder and the rest of that crap they called Grunge !!! Long LIve REAL Rock-N-Roll !!!!!

Straight up good rock, and the vocals are awesome! If you like good ole rock like A/C DC, Quiet Riot, etc., then you'll really enjoy this band! Highly recommend this be added to any RAWKER's collection!

I read this with my daughter.
Page 6. The sentence "Me and Miss Daisy had a lot in common" does not sound grammatically correct.
American English is not my primary language. I thought it should be "Miss Daisy and I had a lot in common".
I lost confidence in the quality of the grammar. Donated the two other books in this series that my daughter bought.

My teenage Daughter had read this book when she was very young. We were talking about things she missed, and this book came up. I ordered it for her, and when I gave it to her, she got emotional. It is now one she will treasure and keep forever. Some memories are worth revisiting.

Wow. This book is filled with humor and laughter. Strongly encourged to be bought. Books are also cheap and affordble.

Cheapest book in this series ever saw is Mr Coony is Loony.It just cost 0.99 US dollars.