The Gym Teacher from the Black Lagoon
by Mike Thaler
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Author: Mike ThalerIllustrator: Jared Lee
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1994-09-01
ISBN: 0590479172
Number of pages: 32
Publisher: Scholastic
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Book Review: Worry, Worry, Worry: Is Mr. Green ALL that bad?!
Summary: 5 Stars
This entertaining book with humorous and compelling illustrations by Jared Lee takes us on a tour of one little boy's thinking and wildly outlandish imagination process as he is getting prepared for his new gym teacher on the first day of school.Everything becomes larger than life.... just like when children and adults are fearful and the fear turns into worry in anticipation of that "thing" you fear. Included examples of who the new teacher reportedly resembles are "Coach Kong" and a wielder of Crazy Glue during a game of Tag.
My daughter and I had great discussions about the literal thinking: Cart Wheels.... you see a cart with wheels which the children are supporting, headstands are children balancing on their heads, and a baseball game played with real (as in black things flying through the air with fangs shining and ready to bite.... Not frighteningly for the reader though our protagonist has the ever familiar deer in the headlights look.
The best is the ending: a reminder that most worry is ill placed after all....as our friend enters the gymnasium to a much different reality than the one he had colorfully imagined.
You can read this book "just for fun" or deepen the experience by engaging your child in conversation about the negative impact of worry, adding meaning that isn't there and how getting real is what is always the most empowering.
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If you thought the teacher and principal from the Black Lagoon were scary, wait until you meet the new gym teacher, Coach Kong!School Books
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