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A fine, fine school

When a principal loves his school so much that he wants the children to attend classes every day of the year, it's up to his students to show him free time is a good thing, too.

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Main Author:	Creech, Sharon (Author)
Other Authors:	Bliss, Harry, 1964- (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins Pub., 2001.
Subjects:	Schools > Juvenile fiction. School principals > Juvenile fiction. School fiction > Juvenile. Humorous fiction > Juvenile. Picture books.
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Summary:	When a principal loves his school so much that he wants the children to attend classes every day of the year, it's up to his students to show him free time is a good thing, too.
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN:	9780060277369 006027736X 9780060007287
Author Notes:	Sharon Creech was on born July 29, 1945 in South Euclid, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. She was in college when she took literature and writing courses and became intrigued by story-telling. Later, she was a teacher (high school English and writing) in England and in Switzerland. Her novel Walk Two Moons received in 1995 Newbery Medal; The Wanderer was a 2001 Newbery Honor book and Ruby Holler received the 2002 Carnegie Medal. In 2007, Heartbeat was a finalist in the Junior Division (4th to 6th grades) of the Young Reader's Choice Awards, sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Library Association. She has written over 15 fiction novels for young readers. She is married to Lyle Rigg, who is the headmaster of The Pennington School in Pennington, New Jersey, and have two grown children, Rob and Karin. (Bowker Author Biography)