Miss Fox's Class Earns a Field Trip

by Eileen Spinelli, Anne Kennedy (Illustrator)

Overview

Miss Fox's class wants to go to Roller Coaster Planet—but they have to earn their way to the park. When their fund-raising attempts go awry, the class discovers their earnings are going down, not up! This fun picture book introduces kids to budgeting.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807592939
Publisher:	Whitman, Albert & Company
Publication date:	02/01/2010
Series:	Miss Fox's Class
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
Lexile:	AD600L (what's this?)
File size:	12 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Eileen Spinelli is the author of many books for young readers including Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch and Callie Cat, Ice Skater. Eileen and her husband, author Jerry Spinelli, live in Pennsylvania.

Anne Kennedy has been illustrating children's books for twenty-seven years. Anne and her husband live in Ohio.

Editorial Reviews

Best for Savings Advice—Money Solutions Section, Parents Magazine

"Teachers will appreciate the inclusion of real-life addition and subtraction, while kids will enjoy the buoyant humor as the story unfolds in well-chosen words and amusingly chaotic watercolor-and-ink illustrations."—Booklist

"The extended math problem makes the story a nice tie-in for young mathematicians."—School Library Journal

"Spinelli cleverly weaves a lesson in math and finances into this cute picture book, which is the third in a series of adventures for Miss Fox's class."—Children's Literature

From the Publisher

Gr 1–3—Miss Fox's students are planning a field trip to a roller-coaster park. First, though, they must raise money to pay for their tickets and the bus ride, and these kids make earning $135 a very long roller-coaster ride of a math problem, with both addition and subtraction. For each contribution to their money jar, there is also a subtraction to pay for their mishaps: they wash their principal's car but get a visiting author's suit wet with their hose and have to pay for dry cleaning; they bake brownies to sell, but Mr. Possum chips a tooth on an unexpected ingredient and they have to pay for his dentist's visit. Their savings climb, only to dip. As hard as they try, it does not seem they will reach their goal. In the end, Mr. Possum, who has been the victim of many of their mishaps, pays them to stay away so he can remain accident free. The extended math problem makes the story a nice tie-in for young mathematicians, who will be amused by the slapstick events, but the final resolution (paying the children for not working) may be a point for further discussion. Watercolor and ink illustrations are bright and add humor, with expressive gestures and facial reactions. Combine this book with Leslie Helakoski's The Smushy Bus (Millbrook, 2002) for additional reinforcement of basic skills.—Mary Hazelton, Elementary Schools in Warren & Waldoboro, ME

School Library Journal