What Do Teachers Do (After You Leave School)? (Carolrhoda Picture Books)
Kindergarten-Grade 3–After the students leave for the day, the teachers at this school are naughty and noisy and break all the rules: dancing in the gym, roller-skating in the halls, stealing leftovers from the cafeteria, and writing on walls. An enormous food fight results in a chaotic, messy time; when the teachers break into the chem lab, they create their own slime! The rhyming text is mostly fine, but occasionally a bit forced: They change into jeans/and get ready to play./They shout to their friends,/'The day's over! Hooray!' Gott's computer-generated cartoon illustrations are energetic and colorful with lots of whooshy movement and splashy action, supporting the atmosphere of mayhem and fun. Students may enjoy seeing the wild and crazy side of teachers, although the line between having a good time and being disrespectful to school property seems to be crossed here. Still, it's all in good fun.–Mary Hazelton, Elementary Schools in Warren & Waldoboro, MECopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.