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    Sideways Stories from Wayside School
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    Sideways Stories from Wayside School

    Published by Penguin Random House Audio

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    About this audiobook

    Is your school just a little too…NORMAL?

    Maybe you should go to Wayside School. You'll meet Bebe, the fastest draw in art class; John, who only reads upside down; and Sammy, the new kid-he's a real rat. Come on! Hurry up! If you're late for class, Mrs. Gorf will turn you into an app…Oops. Sorry about that.

    More than 6 million kids have laughed at the wacky stories of Wayside School.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateSep 9, 2008
    ISBN9780739368220
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    • 1/5
      I never read this one when I was little (I did read and like Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School), and maybe I would have liked this better if I did. It is very, very dated, and the chapter illustrations just killed it.
    • 4/5
      A fun book.
    • 4/5
      Easy read, good book. The children, even younger children, loved this book. They understood the humor and adults found it silly. Very appropriate for any elementary school age child.
    • 5/5
      This book is hilarious. I could just see kids I know going to a school thirty stories tall, with a classroom on each side, struggling through torturous mosquito bites, a teacher who thinks you're a monkey, and all sorts of kooky and downright hilarious characters. I could read this over and over. It is so realistic, yet oh so spacy. I would defiantly recomend this book to students that love to laugh. I will defiantly read this book to my students because I know that I love books that have humor and i would read more of them so hopefully this would make students want to read more.
    • 5/5
      A good story to introduce at the beginning of the school year. This is about a class of silly students that live in a school that was built 30 stories up instead of 30 classrooms wide. The adventures never end between the teachers and the students. Your students are guaranteed to laugh at these funny stories.
    • 4/5
      Genre: Fantasy Review: This story was very comical and early elementary kids would love it. It was hard to choose a genre for this story because it was half one genre and half another almost. I made it fantasy because at the beginning of the book, the mean old teacher turns all her students into apples, which could never happen in real life. If it wasn't for this beginning to the story, I would have made it a realistic fiction because every student in a classroom is different and brings something unique to the class. Media: pencils
    • 5/5
      This is really a just-for-fun book and was one of my favorites as a young reader. It is a compilation of very wacky stories about a school that was built sideways and has a lot of crazy teachers and students, including one new student named Sammy who actually turns out to be a dead rat in a trench coat. I think the best quality of this book is its ability to make students laugh and inspire their creative thinking skills.
    • 5/5
      These stories are great! Silly stories that are great for just encouraging students to read.
    • 4/5
      One of my favorite childrens books. These are little stories about different kids and teachers in wayside school. I really enjoyed reading this again from when I read as a child.
    • 3/5
      So funny and quirky and justifyably beloved by kids.
    • 4/5
      This book works well for guided reading groups or as a read aloud. It consists of many short stories about the students and other people at Wayside School. The stories are funny and quirky and appeal to most children.
    • 5/5
      A book about differnt students and Ms.Jewls. The first chapter was about Ms.Gorf that changed students into apples if they didnt pay attention, answer a problem, or anything a teacher wouldnt give a punishment for.
    • 5/5
      This is a good book with many stories about teachers and students in a weird school.This book has stories about every character in Miss Jewl's class.There are Miss Zarve , DeeDee ,and Louis the yard teacher.The seventeenth floor was never built and Miss Zarve's classroom was supposed to be there but she doesn't even exist!This book is the best book I have read!
    • 4/5
      These collection of book written by Louis Sachar are amazing for upper elementary and middle school kids. I chose this book to read with my practicum student and she loved it. It is about the crazy mixed up silly stories from Wayside School. The book focuses on the classroom on the 31st story and all of the crazy things that happen to the students. It begin with their teacher Mrs. Gorf turning all of the children in apples. They class get a new teacher, Mrs. Jewels. She imagines the whole class is monkey. That is where it all begin with the crazy mixed up stories to the students at Wayside School.
    • 5/5
      This book tells the strange and funny tales of the teachers and students from Wayside School. Each person has their own interesting and silly story to tell. Students love this book.
    • 5/5
      This book is a very funny way to talk about a school and its students. Each chapter is about another interesting student or staff member at the school. The school was built on the intention to have 30 classrooms side by side, but instead the school was built with the 30 classrooms one on top of the other. This meant that the school was 30 stories tall. This book taks you through a typical day as a student in this very crazy school.
    • 5/5
      This book is such a fun read! It has a funny humor to it that keeps everyone engaged, including the teacher. I think this would be a wonderful source of positive reinforcement to the class, with an educational basis as a plus! The students would love to read this and I really do believe that it would help them stay on task and with good behavior if this was used for that manner.
    • 5/5
      This strange, funny book is filled with odd, hilarious stories. Some even have a moral like you may do art quickly, but it won't necessarily be the best. This book is built up of a bunch of mini stories about abnormal kids with strange but unique hobbies or problems. There is a girl who didn't know what to do with her toes so she thought about cutting them off and selling them. She was shocked when her mom suggested clipping her toe nails. There are three brothers who had reputations that were completely the opposite of what they are. One was described as fat, when he was skinny. Another was said to be rude, when he was very polite. I recommend this book to people who are looking for an entertaining but quick read.
    • 4/5
      My kids and I just finished reading this book aloud one story a night. The humorous stories and ridiculous situations entertained all three kids (aged 4 through 8) and I found myself laughing aloud with them ad the adventures of the kids on the 30th story.CharactersEach story focuses primarily on a different character so trying to lump all of the characters together into a single review category is difficult. The two character persistent throughout the book, Mrs. Jewls and Louis, are interesting in that they are the only adults (once Mrs. Gorf is gone) and yet their behaviors are just as outrageous as those of the children.Where the characters really shine is in their simple, child-like logic not tainted by the "reality" of adult experience and education. Each of the characters find themselves in unique situations and react with matter-of-fact that are very true depictions of the mindset of a child.The simplicity and innocence of the characters' thinking serves as a great commentary not only on the humorous and sometimes foolish predicaments that they find themselves in, but also on the fact that sometimes those innocent and simple ideals are just as effective (or even more effective) than the "logical" views of the adult world.Plot/Pacing/Setting/EtcEach story had its own plot that was generally wrapped up within the story itself. Sometimes elements of one story will show up later in another story. The pacing is quick and engaging. Never did my kids get bored during the reading. If anything, the pacing may have been too quick at times since the kids were often bummed that a story was over too quickly.The setting of Wayside school was a quirky and unique exploration of a school. I loved the idea that the construction crew made a mistake and built the rooms one on top of another instead of side by side as in a "normal" school. I especially loved the last chapter where Louis tells the kids about other schools...and how strange they (we) are.OverallThis is a great collection of stories...essentially a collection of children's fables (although unlike a "true" fable, the morals are often left unsaid or less pronounced). The humor and wit is entertaining both for kids and adults and makes for an entertaining read. By breaking the book out into a series of many very short stories, this book becomes something that can be picked up for a quick 5-10 minutes of reading or can be lounged over for an hour or so. The language is simple enough that an early reader (1st-2nd grade) should be able to read it on his/her own. It's definitely a lot of fun to read aloud with kids and I'm glad I went that route with my kids. I look forward to finding more stories from Wayside school. ****4 stars
    • 5/5
      I think if you are a fifth grader, boy or girl, you need to read this book. If you made it to sixth grade without reading it, stop now, and go read it!
    • 3/5
      An advanced chapter book with 30 stories about the students on the 30th floor of Wayside School. This wacky school was built sideways, with 30 classrooms stacked one on top of another instead of beside each other in a row - the builder said he was very sorry. Mrs. Goft turns children into apples, D.J. always smiles, John is the smartest kid but can only read words upside down, Kathy hates everybody in the class, Todd isn't really bad but he always gets sent home early... Good fun for grades 3 and up.
    • 4/5
      Very funny stories about the students and teachers on the 30th story of Wayside School.
    • 5/5
      I love this book as soon as i saw it I new I would like it.
    • 3/5
      It was creative and funny (ridiculous really) but it had a lot of put downs that kids called each other so I wasn’t a fan of that.
    • 5/5
      great understated mischief. a delight of crazy fun and gentle nuttiness.
    • 4/5
      Fond memories reading this in elementary school. The short chapters, each being a self contained story, is a strength for younger readers.
    • 5/5
      When I heard that another book in the Wayside School series was coming out, I had to reread the book that started it all. These books were my childhood! I found out that I still love this series even as an adult.Each chapter tells a tale about each individual student, and there are three chapter dedicated to each teacher of the class on the thirtieth story of the school. Some of the time, the stories of each child/teacher don't make much sense, but that's the beauty of this book. It leaves you to ponder on what that chapter was about and come to your own conclusions. There are a couple of chapters that teach some good lessons too.One thing I also loved were the illustrations of each character before their chapter started. They are drawn very well. It was a nice touch, and it made it easier to picture that person in the story. I think it's a great idea for kids who feel like they are too old for picture books, yet they still like some illustrations in their book.This is such an easy and fun novel to read. It's not very long which is perfect for the intended age group. I believe kids ages 8 - 13 will definitely love these stories the most although it's a fun book for any age.I would definitely recommend Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar!
    • 4/5
      Wayside School was supposed to be 30 classrooms side-by-side but instead it was build sideways – 30 classrooms tall. This is a book of stories about the class on the 30th floor. The whole “sideways school” thing never made much sense to me as a kid; I’ve always lived in an urban area and I never went to a school building that had less than 4 stories. A 1-story school would have been far more bizarre to me than a 30-story school. Other than that, this book really holds up! It’s a great intro to absurdism for kids. My particular favorite was the story about Sherrie, who sleeps all through class and the teacher lets her because she assumes Sherrie must be concentrating on learning so much that she falls asleep. Even a story which could have aged poorly, about a boy with a girl name and a girl with a boy name who decide to switch names, turned out to be well-handled. If you remember this book from childhood and have considered revisiting it, I highly recommend doing so! Or give it to your own kids with confidence.
    • 5/5
      Listening to my son giggle as I read the wacky stories about Wayside School to him took me back to my childhood. I remember hiding under the covers with a flashlight at night well after my mom told me to get some sleep. After every assignment in class, I would sneak this book out of my little desk and try to get in another couple of pages before the teacher caught me. It was good to see that my son loved the same little kids that I had loved so many years before him. I recommend this book to any parent looking for a book to read to their child one or two chapters a night. I recommend it to the second/third grader that loves to laugh their little behind off. I think that it should be a fixture in every library and school book fair around the country. The stories are short yet full of quirks that the reader just can't help but smile about weeks after finishing the stories. This is a good imagination building book also. I used it to help my son come up with silly stories about his school, teachers, and friends. I even had him draw pictures for his stories and can see how an elementary school teacher could use the Wayside books to teach many different subjects. This was definitely worth the dig in the local library's large stack of old books!
    • 5/5
      awedom/funny