Mr. Klutz Is Nuts! (My Weird School Series #2)

by Dan Gutman, Jim Paillot (Illustrator)

Overview

With more than 30 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading!

In the second book of the original My Weird School series, Principal Klutz goes nuts! He wants to climb to the top of the Ella Mentry School flagpole. He even kissed a pig on the lips and painted his bald head orange. And now he wants to bungee jump off the roof of the school dressed as Santa Claus!

Perfect for reluctant readers and word lovers alike, bestselling author Dan Gutman’s insanely popular My Weird School series has something for everyone. Don’t forget to join A.J. and the gang on the rest of their hilarious adventures.

 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780060507022
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	06/29/2004
Series:	My Weird School Series , #2
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	37,536
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 5.06(h) x 0.26(d)
Age Range:	6 - 10 Years

About the Author

Dan Gutman is the New York Times bestselling author of the Genius Files series; the Baseball Card Adventure series, which has sold more than 1.5 million copies around the world; and the My Weird School series, which has sold more than 35 million copies. Thanks to his many fans who voted in their classrooms, Dan has received nineteen state book awards and ninety-two state book award nominations. He lives in New York City with his wife. You can visit him online at dangutman.com.

Jim Paillot lives in Arizona (another weird place) with his weird wife and two weird children. Isn’t that weird? You can visit him on his weird website at jimpaillot.com.

Table of Contents

1	The Flying Principal	1
2	Big Trouble	5
3	The Principal Is Your Pal	9
4	The Present	21
5	My Big Mouth	27
6	The Chocolate Party	35
7	Teacher for a Day	43
8	Mr. Klutz Puckers Up	55
9	I Pledge Allegiance to Mr. Klutz	61
10	Mr. Klutz Is Getting Weirder	70
11	The Last Straw	77
12	A Hard Bargain	85
13	Poor Mr. Klutz	91

Editorial Reviews

” … an easy chapter book that will satisfy newly confident as well as reluctant readers who ask for funny books.” — School Library Journal

From the Publisher

Gr 2-3-This humorous story features a nontraditional but goodhearted principal who skateboards to school and constantly challenges students to strive for academic excellence. When second-grader A.J. gets sent to the office because he didn't do his homework, Mr. Klutz gives him a candy bar as an incentive to try harder. Then the man proposes that if all students in the school complete one million math problems he will throw a chocolate party with all the treats they can eat. Other challenges follow, as Mr. Klutz promises to climb the flagpole if the kids complete Election Day essays, dress up in a turkey costume and ride a pogo stick down Main Street when they compile a list of 100,000 spelling words, etc. Although the children hold up their end of each bargain, they begin to worry about Mr. Klutz as his promises get weirder and weirder. Eventually, they tell him that they will stop learning unless he stops his crazy antics. Black-and-white cartoons add to the silliness, and the large print and simple vocabulary make this an easy chapter book that will satisfy newly confident as well as reluctant readers who ask for funny books.-Kristina Aaronson, Henniker Community School, NH Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

School Library Journal