Fandom squee post

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The nice thing about children's book fandoms is they're mostly short (I'm looking at you, Chalet School), so now might be the perfect time to pick up a new fandom or revisit an old favorite.

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Miss Nelson - Harry Allard

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Miss Nelson is the star of a trio of picture books written by Harry Allard and illustrated by James Marshall. She is the sweetest, most easygoing teacher in Horace Smedly Elementary and is in charge of room 207. However, when the going gets tough...she's not above taking a step back and letting her possible alter ego, Miss Viola Swamp take the reins to dispense the hard love. (The principal, Mr. Blandsworth, sure isn't.)

Miss Viola Swamp tackles the energetic, creative and silly nature of Room 207 in Miss Nelson is Missing! and Miss Nelson Is Back, and the Smedly Tornadoes, lamest football team in the district in Miss Nelson Has A Field Day. All three of which, are coincidentally, up on Google Books to preview. (Possibly only in the US? Google is mean like that.)

I'm pretty sure reading these books as a kid only helped the development of my sense of subversion, if you're into that kind of thing. Also James Marshal's illustrations are as always, pretty charming.

Google Books
Indiebound.
Worldcat.