Miss Nelson is Back by Harry Allard

Miss Nelson is Back is a story about a class and their teacher Miss Nelson. She has to be out of school for sometime because she has to get her tonsils taken out. The class hears from a big kid that the worst substitute teacher they can get is Viola Swamp. She is a witch! This scares the students. The next day they come to find that their principal is going to be taking over their class. The kids are excited about this at first, but then they find that he is incredibly dull and boring. Three of the students decide to come up with a plan. They are going to dress up like Miss Nelson and pretend she is back. The principal believes them and they leave school and go to the movies and to eat ice cream. They walk past Miss Nelsons house and she looks out the window and is shocked at what she sees. She decides to teach her class a lesson. She dresses up as Viola Swamp and comes to her class the next day. Her class is very frightened and they do everything that she says. Then Viola leaves the room and Miss Nelson returns. The class is so excited to see her...but wonders why Miss Nelson did not run into Viola Swamp in the hall.

I loved reading these Miss Nelson books when I was younger. I was always scared of Viola Swamp just like the class was. I think these books are very fun and will be especially fun in the classroom. Students sometimes love when they have a substitute teacher because that means they can get away with anything and do their work. This book proves that that is not always the case. You could always get a teacher like Viola Swamp and no student wants that. This book will make the students appreciate their teacher.

I think this book would make a fun read a loud to the class. I could see them laughing and really enjoying it. There are two other books that go along with this one. They are called Miss Nelson is Missing and Miss Nelson has a field day. They are all very fun books. I would recommend this book for first and second grade classrooms. They are just fun stories that are sure to bring laughs to the room.