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Creech, Sharon

A Fine, Fine School

32 pp. | HarperCollins/Cotler | August, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-06-027736-X $$15.95 | Library ISBN 0-06-027737-8 $$15.89
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Harry Bliss. An overzealous principal decides to extend school time through the weekends, evenings, and finally summer vacation until Tillie tells him about the things they are not learning, such as tree climbing. While the illustrations of the mountain-like principal are benevolent and Creech's writing style is tight, this poke at self-indulgence in education has more to say to adults than to children.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

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