Miss Mingo and the 100th Day of School

by Jamie Harper, Jamie Harper (Illustrator)

Overview

Count on Miss Mingo and her irresistible class of critters to make a special school-year milestone a day to remember.

It’s the hundredth day of school, and Miss Mingo the Flamingo has quite a day planned for her diverse class of animals. First, the students share projects that celebrate the number one hundred: Centipede does one hundred jumping jacks, Panda shows off two bundles of fifty bamboo stalks, and other students share five sets of twenty footprints and other combos to get to the magic number. Later the class works together to create sculptures out of one hundred paper cups (Octopus is particularly helpful), and the day becomes as much about self-expression as it is a number—especially when Miss Mingo has the whole class make silly faces for one hundred seconds! In the fourth book of her ingenious series, Jamie Harper invites readers into Miss Mingo’s warm, creative classroom for a story inspired by hundredth-day activities in real schools, combining a lively text that integrates fascinating facts about the animals with humorously detailed illustrations that capture the students’ excited energy. Readers will easily find one hundred things to love about Miss Mingo’s joyful celebration, as well as fun ideas for planning their own.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781536204919
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	11/17/2020
Series:	Miss Mingo
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	9.60(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Jamie Harper is the author-illustrator of four books about the feisty flamingo teacher Miss Mingo, as well as the Baby Bundt board books and the picture books Miles to Go and Miles to the Finish. She lives outside Boston.

Editorial Reviews

Miss Mingo and her kindergarten class of animals are back, this time celebrating both the 100th day of school and one another’s amazing capabilities. . .Harper’s cartoon illustrations highlight the class’s enthusiasm and emotions. Though many pages group items to facilitate counting, not every 100 is countable: Centipede’s legs aren’t all in the frame, and Pelican’s project is the fact that this bird dives “into the ocean from 100 feet in the air.” The 100th day of school has never looked this diverse.
—Kirkus Reviews

A cheery class of seafaring, airborne, and land creatures celebrates the 100th day of school with a fun project designed to entertain and educate the reader. . . The author’s whimsical artistry of the various animals is fun and friendly, and the pastel colors throughout the book give the characters and their classroom a cheerful look and feel. . . A lovely book as a read-aloud or for independent enjoyment.
—School Library Journal

From the Publisher

12/01/2020

K-Gr 2—A cheery class of seafaring, airborne, and land creatures celebrates the 100th day of school with a fun project designed to entertain and educate the reader. Led by their teacher Miss Mingo (a pink flamingo!), student animals share ways in which they count to, or calculate to reach, the number 100. Centipede does 100 jumping jacks while Octopus separates seashells into 10 piles with 10 shells in each one. With every method of counting shared is a fun fact about that animal. For example, when the temperature drops below 70 degrees, alligators submerge themselves under water and breathe through their snouts. After all the projects have been completed, Miss Mingo asks students to create something using 100 paper cups and make a silly face for 100 seconds. The author's whimsical artistry of the various animals is fun and friendly, and the pastel colors throughout the book give the characters and their classroom a cheerful look and feel. VERDICT A lovely book as a read-aloud or for independent enjoyment. Libraries in schools where the 100th day of school is celebrated, especially in the primary grades, should consider this purchase.—Anne Jung-Mathews, Plymouth State Univ., NH

School Library Journal

2020-08-18
Miss Mingo and her kindergarten class of animals are back, this time celebrating both the 100th day of school and one another’s amazing capabilities.

In mid-February, it’s time to look at the students’ 100th Day projects, and they are as varied as the students themselves. Hippo’s mom has brought his born-yesterday sister, who weighs 100 pounds; Octopus has brought 10 groups of 10 shells each from his octopus’s garden; Koala shares their teddy bear collection, which is ironic because Koala is not a true bear but a marsupial. As in the previous titles, Harper shares fascinating factoids about each species in a small font: “House centipedes can travel 15 inches (38 centimeters) per second. That’s like a person running 58 feet (18 meters) in a second!” As the presentations continue, Alligator, stressed out, asks to go next and shares 100 seconds of deep breathing to relax everyone. Harper’s cartoon illustrations highlight the class’s enthusiasm and emotions. Though many pages group items to facilitate counting, not every 100 is countable: Centipede’s legs aren’t all in the frame, and Pelican’s project is the fact that this bird dives “into the ocean from 100 feet in the air.”

The 100th day of school has never looked this diverse. (Picture book. 4-7)

Kirkus Reviews