Miss Child Has Gone Wild

Miss Child Has Gone Wild

Specifics

APA Citation: Gutman, D., & Paillot, J. (2011). Miss Child has gone wild! New York: Harper.

Meets EDU 333 Blog Requirement For: Early Chapter Book

Lexile Level: 600L

Audience: 2nd-5th grade.

Summary

This is a story about a boy named A.J. and how he and his class won a trip to the zoo. While there, they meet a crazy zookeeper, Miss Child, who thinks animals are smarter than humans and walks around with a snake on her. Everybody in the class needed a buddy at the zoo and got paired up with random people, and A.J. did not like his partner. After some free time, they realize they've lost a student, Emily. She ended up falling into a lion's cage, and a new student, Alexia, saved Emily by skating into the cage, grabbing her, and skating out. After their trip to the zoo, some of the students realzied that animals have feelings too, and we should not kill them, not even mice. 

Evaluation

This was a great story for readers who are starting to want to read longer books. The story was funny, but also suspenseful at times, like when Emily went missing or when they found her with the lion.

This author uses a lot of dialogue to keep the story moving. Students could learn a lot about how to write out conversations by reading this book. 

There are a few illustrations throughout the book that are a great addition to the story. I believe readers will enjoy looking at the pictures to supplement the text in this book. The illustrations follow the story well. 

Mini Lesson

This would be a great introduction before going to the zoo. Also, we could talk about do's and don'ts while on field trips.