Fergus and Zeke and the 100th day of school / Kate Messner ; illustrated by Heather Ross.

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Title:

Author:

Messner, Kate, author.

Ross, Heather, illustrator.

ISBN:

9781536213003

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

51 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Fergus and Zeke ; [4]

Fergus and Zeke.

Contents:

One hundred great ideas -- One hundred impossible challenges -- A story in one hundred words -- Ninety-nine and a half cheese puffs.

Abstract:

In their fourth adventure, classroom mice Fergus and Zeke--after a few false starts--jump into a creative project to help the kids mark the one hundredth day of school. Fergus and Zeke love being the class pets in Miss Maxwell's classroom, and they do everything the students do. But when the kids start collecting items and doing gym challenges and making projects to celebrate the one hundredth day of school, the mice can't seem to find a way to join in. One hundred miles is a very long distance when you're running on your spinny wheel. One hundred seconds is a very short time when you're trying to take a nap. Stacking one hundred wood chips makes a tower that tips and falls before you're even halfway done. And writing a story with exactly one hundred words means abandoning your characters in the middle of the action! Will these two classroom mice ever come up with the perfect project to celebrate the one hundredth day?

Reading Level:

Ages: 7-9.

Grades: 2-4.

Reading L: 3.3

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.3 0.5 Accelerated Reader Quiz #512816.

Lexile 560L.

Genre:

Children's stories.

picture books.

Animal fiction. (OCoLC)fst01982492

Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787

Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637

Picture books. (OCoLC)fst01726789

School fiction. (OCoLC)fst02020484

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In their fourth adventure, classroom mice Fergus and Zeke--after a few false starts--jump into a creative project to help the kids mark the one hundredth day of school.

Fergus and Zeke love being the class pets in Miss Maxwell's classroom, and they do everything the students do. But when the kids start collecting items and doing gym challenges and making projects to celebrate the one hundredth day of school, the mice can't seem to find a way to join in. One hundred miles is a very long distance when you're running on your spinny wheel. One hundred seconds is a very short time when you're trying to take a nap. Stacking one hundred wood chips makes a tower that tips and falls before you're even halfway done. And writing a story with exactly one hundred words means abandoning your characters in the middle of the action! Will these two classroom mice ever come up with the perfect project to celebrate the one hundredth day?

Reviews (1)

Kirkus Review

The adorable mouse best friends are back, brainstorming, problem-solving, and celebrating 100 days of school. Miss Maxwell's class pets get in on all the action, writing stories, reporting the weather, and celebrating special days alongside the racially diverse human students. So when the teacher announces a 100th-day party and an assignment to collect and bring in 100 objects, Fergus and Zeke are on it. But do they have 100 of any one thing? Patterning their work on that of their human classmates, they attempt a tower of wood chips…that falls at 47. Zeke's attempt to run 100 miles on their rodent wheel fails: "One hundred is a very big number when you're counting miles." They find the opposite is true when they take a nap of 100 seconds. For their joint 100-word story, author Zeke reaches 100 words just as his character, Fergus, is grabbed by a hungry monster. At the eleventh hour, a misstep by Fergus and some quick thinking by Zeke mean that the two will have a project after all. Messner and Ross again perfectly straddle the line between easy readers and chapter books, with delightful illustrations showing both wide-angle views and the perspective of the tiny mice breaking up the text. (This book was reviewed digitally.) Readers may have to count to 100 to cool their heels waiting for this clever pair's next adventure. (Early reader. 6-9) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.