The day the teacher went bananas vs The flunking of Joshua T. Bates: Which Should You Read?

Cover of The day the teacher went bananas The day the teacher went bananas James Howe · 1984 ★★★★☆ 3.9 31 pages · ≈ 34 min · Light

A class's new teacher, who leads the children in a number of very popular activities, turns out to be a gorilla.

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Cover of The flunking of Joshua T. Bates The flunking of Joshua T. Bates Susan Shreve · 1984 ★★★★☆ 3.6 82 pages · ≈ 1 h 31 m · Light

Driving home from the beach on Labor Day, Joshua receives some shocking news from his mother: he must repeat third grade.

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The day the teacher went bananasThe flunking of Joshua T. Bates
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The day the teacher went bananasThe flunking of Joshua T. Bates
Ratings 3 150
Editions 8 10
Citations 2 —
Pages 31 82

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