She wore glasses. But her eyes were so beautiful that the glasses only made her prettier. With two eyes she was pretty. With four eyes she was beautiful. With six eyes she would have been even more beautiful. He shows such insight into the logic of children and you see this motley cast of characters evoking recess justice, showing Eric discrimination, being selfish or disrespectful, or being kind.
I wish I knew kids like these, even Kathy who tastes a little bit like old bologna or Sammy who is actually a dead rat. Before you read any of the other Wayside School books, it's essential you read this collection because you are introduced to each and every kid in class and you also learn how Mrs.
Jewels becomes their beloved teacher. And apparently Louis the Yard Teacher is indeed Louis Sachar so Sachar has a red face and mustache of many colors and gets punched in the stomach a lot. I bet this was a reference that I did not get when I was nine. This was my reaction when I realized that I have not forgotten to pack this book for my Mumbai trip. And this was my expression throughout the period when I was reading the book.
I had so many expectations from it and maybe that led to the epic fall. I so wanted to like it. I wanted another Wimpy Kid in my kitty on which I can fall back on whenever I need. But this is no Wimpy Kid, oh hell, it sucks as intensely as the Fudge kid in Fudge-a-mania.
Here are some drudgery tales served on a please-lik This was my reaction when I realized that I have not forgotten to pack this book for my Mumbai trip. Here are some drudgery tales served on a please-like-me-i-am-so-cute plot and it sucks right from the word GO!. Don't waste your time with this when you have much better stuff lying out there. If they suck as much as this one, I am sure going to cut your bald head. View all 18 comments. What this is the mysterious set of events that surrounded a particular copy of this book that I found in a little neighbourhood library in Baltimore.
Or rather, a particular copy of this book that found me. It happened innocently enough. I was picking out books that other libraries in the system needed from my branch. A daily task. A mundane work day. I reached out to pick out Marley: Marley Learns a Lesson , when another book tumbled straight down to land squarely on my right foot. I picked it up and recognized that yellow font and Miss Gorf's wicked grin.
Memories of libraries past flooded into my head, and I was too giddy with nostalgia to realize how conveniently it just landed into my lap. I read the entire book, which was shorter than I remembered, during the rest of the day. It was surprisingly terrifying when one processes some of the weird happenings within the confines of Wayside School. Where did Ms. Jewel find ice-cream that tastes like her students? Who gave Miss Gorf her teaching licence? Many questions were left unanswered in this slim anthology.
But I dutifully read through all thirty stories and enjoyed them all, questionable it as they were. As I started to put the book away, I remembered to mark it "used" in our system, because having statistics pays the bills in a public library!
I placed it under the watchful eye of the scanner. It bore all the marks of a well-loved library book: it had the unique barcode each and every tome had in the system; it had the stamps and seals of the library that held it; hell, it even had water stains and bite marks of toddlers past who mistook the book for a teat! I tried it again. Was this some prank? I looked through each copy the entire library had in every branch throughout the city.
I had to admit defeat. I handed the book over to my supervisor, who handed it over to the ladies of the Circulation desk to file away for tomorrow. They checked it too, and they got the same message. We'll add it back to the collection tomorrow, they said. Sometimes, when a book's discarded because it's too old or too shelfworn to be circulated, it's sold off by the library, they said. Sometimes, and this does happen, they forget that it's a book that was sold to them, and return it to the library!
Isn't that funny, they said. Yeah, it's pretty funny. The library was closing for the night, and when I walked past front desk to retrieve my belongings from the back offices, I stared at the book. Miss Gorf's cheeky smirk was more menacing to me now than it had ever been in my twenty-something years of being a reader.
It was then I knew. It didn't want to be sold. It didn't want to be forgotten. It wanted to be found View all 5 comments. My fourth-grade homeroom teacher read this to our class, only she substituted names of the students and teachers in the book with the names of the students in our class I was Leslie -- how I remember that, I have no idea and the other teachers in our grade. Hilarity ensued, I assure you. A lot of my elementary school teachers liked reading to their homeroom classes during downtime, and I always loved it.
This book stands out as one of my all-time favourite read-to-me-books, probably because of My fourth-grade homeroom teacher read this to our class, only she substituted names of the students and teachers in the book with the names of the students in our class I was Leslie -- how I remember that, I have no idea and the other teachers in our grade. This book stands out as one of my all-time favourite read-to-me-books, probably because of my teacher's spin on it.
View all 7 comments. This is a script for a play, not a book. It's a super cute fantasy story happening in a school where very strange things happen. For kids ages Aug 23, Mir rated it really liked it Shelves: school , younger. Sachar captures how arbitrary and pointless and incomprehensible school can be. But somehow, he makes it funny and touching instead of confusing and frustrating and awful like it is in real life.
Two other kids concurred so that was enough for me to finally read what was also a favorite of several students I had as an elementary librarian. So away I went with a copy from their library. Surprisingly, I have mixed feelings for this book that the kids find so hilarious. He will be thrilled that I cared enough to share his favorite book. I do like the clever way the book is written, with each chapter starring a different class member.
But even though I usually have no problem reading a book with the viewpoint of a kid, the adult in me has trouble justifying the humor verses meanness. In the end, I am happy that the kids who love this book are so enthusiastic about it. To them it is exciting and funny, and they want to read more. If a book does that — then go for it kids! Mar 09, Juliana rated it it was amazing. The rating is purely for nostalgia. I read this book so many times as a child and haven't come back to it since then.
I felt like I had visceral reactions to some of the chapters. I remember them so vividly. Upon re-read, this was still quite entertaining. I don't care for the new illustrations as much. It makes it seem more childish than the copy I had.
This book is perfect for the kids just starting out chapter The rating is purely for nostalgia. This book is perfect for the kids just starting out chapter books. The chapters are short and quick to get through! This book raised me at age six, and it was so refreshing to read it again. I reread it in about 25 minutes, and every moment was worthwhile.
In fact I got more out of these 25 minutes than I ever did while reading this book at age six. I refuse to believe that it's a middle grade book. It's completely genius. I'm going to give my opinions about each story in this book. Gorf - This story is one of the most original stories I know, and it makes me excited every time This book raised me at age six, and it was so refreshing to read it again.
Gorf - This story is one of the most original stories I know, and it makes me excited every time I read it. It really introduces you to the students and how smart they are. Jewls - Mrs. Jewls is a terrible person, let alone a terrible teacher. For some reason, all the students love her even though she is manipulative and not smart enough to be a teacher in the slightest. Those poor children only love her because of their past history of teachers.
They're clearly traumatized and severely need therapy. Joe - Joe's story is funnier when you can better understand the joke. Even better proof that this should not be a middle-grade book. Sharie - Sharie's story makes a lot more sense when you understand why she's always sleeping. This story also goes to show how oblivious Mrs. Jewls is. Todd - Todd is an angel and does not deserve Mrs. Jewls' endless torments whatsoever. Bebe - Mrs. Jewls was right about Bebe's art, but Bebe deserves to make her art sans criticism if it makes her happy.
Calvin - This story is genuinely so hilarious once you actually understand Miss Zarves' significance as the nineteenth story. Myron - Myron is honestly one of the sweetest characters in this story Maurecia - Poor, poor Maurecia Frankly, her crush on Todd is really cute. Paul - Paul is a creepy middle-school boy, and Leslie is genuinely a terrifying playground fiend.
Dana - This story isn't as funny as it could be. Not gonna lie, it doesn't really make any sense. But I still like it because I love Dana. Jason - Jason is a sweetheart and doesn't deserve to be messed around with by Joy. Rondi - I love this story; it's hilarious. I really love what this series does with playing with things that aren't really there. Sammy - This story is genuinely terrifying and that's because I'm afraid of dead animal corpses.
Deedee - This story is also terrifying and gross for the same reason. John - Hahahaha Which is why I only just understood it now. Leslie - This story seems really foot-fetishy and I'm not really here for it. Miss Zarves - This is genius. Everything about this running joke. Kathy - This is also really funny. A really funny commentary about people who think they're always right. Ron - Aww. I feel bad for Ron. The Three Erics - This story is so funny and I only got the irony now, at my current age.
Allison - Allison is a girlboss. Dameon - Poor Dameon. I love him. He's a sweetheart. Jenny - Jenny is Terrence - Terrence is hilarious. And a jerk. I can't tell if I hate him or not. Joy - I absolutely hate Joy. No question about it. There's no sympathy there at all. Nancy - I love this story. It's so pure and shows a lot about self-expression and identity. Stephen - This story is But I like the callback to Mrs.
Louis - Everything comes full circle in this one. I like it. It's funny. Jan 16, Pink rated it really liked it. January 20, Chapter 1 I think Mrs. Gorf is a really mean teacher, because she turned her students into an apple, when they did nothing wrong.
January 27 , Chapter 2 Mrs. Jewls is a kind teacher, she thinks that her students are terribly cute. And she plans to give them a banana, because she thought that they look like a monkey.
February 3, Chapter 3 Joe is a boy who can't count properly. I think it's funny when he can only count backwards, but will still get the correct answer when Mr's Jewls ask him q January 20, Chapter 1 I think Mrs. I think it's funny when he can only count backwards, but will still get the correct answer when Mr's Jewls ask him questions.
February 10, Chapter 4 I think Sharie needs to sleep more at home, not at school, because while she was sleeping she rolled out of the classroom's window. She fell from the 30th floor, but the PE teacher caught her just in time. Februay 17, Chapter 5 I think Todd is a smart boy, because he save his classmates from the 2 robbers Februay 24, Chapter 6 I really enjoyed reading this chapter because, Bebe and Calvin had a great team work March 3, Chapter 7 I think this chapter was very funny because, Calvin was ask to delivered a note to Mrs.
Zarves on the 19th floor, but there was no 19th floor at Wayside School March 10, Chaper 8 I think Myron is very kind because he save his classmate dog that got hit by a car March 24, Chapter 9 Maurecia is a girl who eats icecream all the time, even during class time. I like her because she can eat icecream all the time, and not scared to get fat. March 31, Chapter 10 Dana has too many mosquito bites. She can't even concentrate during class time, because it itches.
Jewls help Dana by turning her mosquito bites into numbers April 21, Chapter 11 Jason is a boy who likes to chew gums. One day his gum stuck on his pants and he couldn't get out of his chair. With the help of his friend Joy he got out of the chair. Louis Sachar was unwittingly my primer for my love of absurdist and magical realism literature. In my 5th grade English class, we read this book and I remember there was nothing we were more collectively excited about except maybe that mock presidential campaign where Michael Dukakis won by a landslide in the halls of George Washington Carver- Anson Jones Elementary, if nowhere else in the country.
Our enthusiasm for the wacky capers of the students and the yard teacher inspired a class project Louis Sachar was unwittingly my primer for my love of absurdist and magical realism literature. Our enthusiasm for the wacky capers of the students and the yard teacher inspired a class project where all of us wrote a story loosely based on the students in our class at a magical school.
The finished project was sent to Mr. Louis Sachar. I vaguely remember he sent a letter saying how he enjoyed the book. Maybe he was so impressed by those kids in Texas that inspired his move years later to Austin where he penned that hit, Holes and currently lives. I have yet to run into him. When I do, I'm totally having him sign my book. Sep 02, Jed L rated it it was amazing Shelves: favorites. I picked up this book again because I was reminded of it while reading Catch Sideways stories was one of my favorite books growing up as a kid and I think it set me up to enjoy Catch as well.
Sideways Stories is eccentrically funny, but also surprisingly deep in symbolism and metaphor. The premise of the book is a school built sideways--that is 30 stories high instead of 30 classrooms longs. There are 30 chapters and each chapter is about a certain character. Some of these chapters are ju I picked up this book again because I was reminded of it while reading Catch Some of these chapters are just plain funny and witty while others have a lot of depth to them. For example, the chapter on Joe is ripe with commentary about the education system.
Joe has an unusual problem. He can't count correctly. His teacher asks him to count to His response is 4,6,2,1,7,6,3,9,8, He gets the right answer, but he does it the wrong way. His teacher teaches him to count, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 and asks him to count to 5. His response: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, This time it was the correct method, but the wrong answer.
Neither are satisfied until he goes through a silly and intricate solution. But the story behind the story is about how the education often cares more about students learning the right way than what the students actually learn. Another example is the Three Erics. Two of the Erics are fat, one is skinny. But everyone assumes they all are fat. An article from The Atlantic entitled "The Absurd Joys of Sideways Stories from Wayside School " recounts the first book with positivity, praising the world of Wayside School being one only interesting to the readers, with the characters in-universe experiencing it in a manner that a reader would experience their own life.
They praised the simple writing style, which is easy for children to pick up, while also enjoying the various complexities and absurdities presented within the text. In , a movie loosely based on the book series entitled Wayside: The Movie was released on Teletoon. While certain chapters, such as " A Bad Word ," " Mrs.
Jewls ," and " Myron " are referenced, the story is largely original, with Todd being a new kid at Wayside School and adapting to the school's oddities. The pilot led to a cartoon two years later in entitled Wayside , which lasted for twenty-six episode pairs and two seasons. The series was met with mixed-to-positive reception, with some praising its off-beat humor, though often it was compared negatively to the book series upon which it was based.
Louis Sachar reportedly did not approve of this show. Wayside School Wikia Explore. Jewls Louis Mrs. Jewls's class Mr. Kidswatter Miss Mush. Episodes Season 1 Season 2. Todd Maurecia Myron Dana.
Recent blog posts. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Wayside School book series. History Talk 0. Categories Media. Fan Feed 1 List of characters 2 Todd cartoon 3 Maurecia cartoon. Universal Conquest Wiki. Sideways Stories from Wayside School. The first book in the series, which introduces the setting of Wayside School , an elementary school that was built sideways by mistake, while also introducing the various students that attend it.
Wayside School Is Falling Down. The second book in the series tells new stories about each student, as well as introducing a new kid named Benjamin Nushmutt , who everyone else believes is named Mark Miller, and leading up to the school closing after being filled with cows.
When the school re-opens after Louis succesfully removes all the cows, things continue as usual until Mrs. Jewls must take a leave for her pregnancy. As a result, the students are left to the whims of a series of wicked substitute teachers. Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom.
The students and teachers must cope with the effects of a large gloomy cloud that has formed over Wayside School. Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School. A new student named Sue is excited to attend Wayside School , but learns that they don't quite teach math the same way in this boggling puzzle book. More Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School. A follow-up to the first Sideways Arithmetic book, this entry features more problems from Wayside School, all taught in the usual, unexpected fashion the school is known for.
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