Iris and Walter: Substitute Teacher

by Elissa Haden Guest, Christine Davenier (Illustrator)

Overview

Iris and Walter's teacher is out sick, and Iris's grandpa is the substitute! At first Iris is so excited to have Grandpa as the teacher. But she soon discovers that sharing her grandpa with the rest of the class isn't as much fun as she thought it would be.

In the eighth book of the award-winning Iris and Walter series, Iris learns that sharing someone you love is hard . . . but that her special bond with Grandpa can never be broken.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780544227880
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	08/05/2014
Series:	Iris and Walter
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	44
Sales rank:	1,079,872
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 6.70(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	470L (what's this?)
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

Elissa Haden Guest is the author of Baby Builders, illustrated by Hiroe Nakata, and the award-winning Iris and Walter series. She holds an MFA in children's literature from Hollins University and teaches classes in writing for children and young adults at Stanford Continuing Studies. She lives in San Francisco, California.

Christine Davenier is an illustrator for young readers and for the French and American press. She illustrated the Very Fairy Princess books by actress Julie Andrews and her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton. She studied at the National School of Applied Arts in Paris and at the Rhode Island School of Design in the United States

Editorial Reviews

"Splendid . . . Readers will delight in the youngsters' friendship."—School Library Journal (starred review)

"Iris and Walter will join Frog and Toad and Henry and Mudge in a prominent place on the easy-reading shelves."—The Bulletin
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