Author/Illustrator: Jarrett J. KrosoczkaPlot Summary: School cafeteria workers don't just serve up bad food, they fight crime and use the boiler room of the school as their secret hideout. Find out what happens when the suspect a substitute teacher is not who he appears to be.
Comments: This book, as well as the simultaneously published, Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians, would be a good recommendation for younger elementary students who are not quite ready for the Captain Underpants series. There is less text and proper grammar and spelling.
Extensions:
1. For first or second graders, they could write their own comic adventures given a blank comic book storyboard. This could follow the writing process with brainstorming, drafts, illustrations, etc.
2. An author study on Jarrett J. Krosoczka would be interesting as he a hip, technologically and musically savvy young author.
Themes/keywords: graphic novels, robots, school lunchrooms, cafeterias
Age/Reading Level: K - 3; Follett - 1.7;
Standards:
ELA2R4/ELA1R6 The student uses a variety of strategies to gain meaning from grade-level text.
ELA2W2/ELA1W2 The student writes in a variety of genres, including narrative, informational, persuasive, and response to literature.
Publisher's Info: Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-375-94683-7
ISBN-10: 0-375-94683-7
Awards/Review Sources:
Publishers Weekly 07/13/09 | Booklist 03/01/09 |
| Kirkus Review 06/01/09 | Library Media Connection 10/01/09 |
Websites:
Official website for the series - includes a pretend school site for the school featured in the books.
Author's website - he has also written some great picture books
Lunch Lady Theme Song performed by RecessMonkey
Notes for Booktalk:
Warning - this is a wacky book.
Vocabulary: There were some vocabulary words that young students may not understand including cyborg, flirting, boiler room, and nunchucks
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