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Dear Miss Moshki

 

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1986 | Age Level: 8 and up

Banished to the hallway for disrupting the class on the day of a favorite author’s visit, best friends Chris and Jeremy write the most outlandish apologies they can think of.


Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-6 A character portrayal and a situation in Dear Miss Moshki are so glaringly offensive that they overshadow whatever positive aspects the book may offer. The story is about fifth-grade students as they prepare for the visit of a favorite author. Chris and Jeremy, undoubtedly the best creative writers in the class, but also, in Miss Moshki’s view, incorrigible behavior problems, are threatened with exclusion from the author’s visit unless they behave. Although Miss Moshki is the worst kind of teacher, spending most of her time shouting at Chris and Jeremy, it is the portrayal of a black student and Miss Moshki’s method of “helping” her that is even more offensive. Doris Jones does not speak in standard “white” English, a source of endless exasperation for Miss Moshki. But since Miss Moshki never explains what she is doing, Doris grows increasingly more puzzled as the story progresses. “You see, there she go again, repeating what I say . . .It’s real funny. She only do it with me.” It’s not “real funny” as presented in Dear Miss Moshki , however, for Dragonwagon has failed to resolve the situation. Dragonwagon’s depiction will only reinforce racial stereotypes and prejudices that so desperately need to be eliminated. This book does more harm than good. Laura McCutcheon, St. Catherine’s School, Richmond, Va.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

  • Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  • Library Binding: 55 pages
  • Publisher: Atheneum; 1st edition (October 1986)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0027731901
  • ISBN-13: 978-0027731903
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.1 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces

Read Aloud with Crescent and Mark

NOT A LITTLE MONKEY, by Charlotte Zolotow, illustrted by Michelle Chessaree

"So, the little girl climbed into the big waste-basket and waited." ' Oh no,' said her mother, ' we don't want to throw you away.'"There are many ways to express love and the need for attention. Here, a busy mother and her just-a-bit naughty little girl tease each other affectionately — the little girl making her point without even uttering a word.That's today's story time — read aloud by the author's daughter at Crescent Dragonwagon's Writing, Cooking, & Workshops, with Mark Graff's "text support" and discussion."Just right for two-to-fours, the humor of this true-to-life story of a mischievous little girl who blocks her mother's attempts to clean house will elicit giggles from the lollipop set." Kirkus Reviews

Posted by Crescent Dragonwagon's Writing, Cooking, & Workshops on Thursday, June 4, 2020

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"... like a warm luminescent blanket at bedtime... softly lulling." -- New York Times


"(With) weary animals, Dragonwagon offers an “alphabet of ways to sleep,” smoothly working in some alliteration..."
- Publishers Weekly (starred review)


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