Don't Be Silly Mrs. Millie!

Written by Judy Cox

Illustrated by Joe Mathieu

Scholastic Inc. New York, 2005

29 Pages

Picture Book

 

 

                                Don't Be Silly Mrs.Millie is a book that can really get your students attention. Mrs. Millie is always teasing her kindergarten class by saying things such as telling the students to "get out your paper and penguins" when it was writing time or that they were having "gorilla cheese sandwiches" for lunch. The students were always amused by their teacher and loved to correct all the silly things she said. I did not have a particular reason for choosing this book but I ended up really liking it and its beautiful illustrations.
                               The illustrations in this book are done with Prismacolor pencil, dyes, pen, and ink. The illustrator Joe Mathieu really made the book come to life with its bright happy colors and the way he incorporated the silly things Mrs. Millie said in with each illustration. Each illustration covers the whole page and the text is positioned at the top of every page.
                               I might use this book in the classroom during journal time and definitely during reading time. The class could write a sentence about something silly Mrs. Millie said in the story or draw a picture about something that happened in the book. This book is most appropriate for the younger grades up to about second grade. This book has no awards but it is one that I recommend.