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A Fine, Fine School

by Sharon Creech · 2001

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One day, Mr. Keene called all the students and teachers together and said, "This is a fine, fine school! From now on, let's have school on Saturdays too."And then there was more.

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School all weekend.School on the holidays.

School in the SUMMER!

What was next . . .

SCHOOL AT NIGHT?

So it's up to Tillie to show her well-intentioned principal, Mr. Keene, that even though his fine, fine school is a wonderful place, it's not fine, fine to be there all the time.

Genre
humorhumorMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
teachersteachersMore like thisLess of thischildhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of thisdogsdogsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
picture bookschildrens
Length
short · 32 pages

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