Please Write in This Book

by Mary Amato

Book Overview

When a teacher leaves a blank book in the Writer's Corner for her students to find, with the instructions "Please Write in this Book," she hopes it will encourage her students to talk to one another in its pages. They do, and the result is an epic classroom battle.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823421384
• ISBN13: 9780823421381
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Holiday House
• Length: 97 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5

Customer Reviews

2nd graders love it!!!!!

It's a different kind of chapter book. This is a fun way to take a peek into another classroom. The kids of Ms. Wurtz's class get to write in this book everyday sharing what goes on at school. This is very entertaining and has a lot of great comedy. You should buy this book because of the great stories and funny illustrations. Mrs. Amato is a really funny writer!

4th and 5th Grade students love this book!

We are a group of 4th and 5th graders at International School of Bangkok, and we loved Please Write in This Book. It was different from any other book we have read before---in a good way! It's unique because it's a notebook ,and yet it still has a storyline with funny and realistic characters. Things happen in this book that would really happen with kids, and this is what made it very fun and interesting to read. We feel that it's a phenomenal book, and we think that kids from 3rd grade to 6th grade would really love it.

Cute book!

I don't know if this book was actually written by students or not (and the author just compiled the children's stories), but if it was, it's the most ingenius collaboration of children's journal entries, ever. It's humorous, and it's great for adults and children (ages 7 and up, most likely) - not just kids!

Please Read this Book!

This is a fun, lighthearted book about a class journal gone wrong. Mrs. Wurtz leaves a blank notebook in the Writer's Corner for her students to find, with the rules to have fun and to sign your name to what you write. Feelings get hurt and rumors spread (but this is a kid's book, so it's mainly about how bad various people's feet stink) and the book almost gets taken away. The entire story is just what has been written in the book, so various prospectives are told on class events and some are just alluded to. I think there may have been a lot more tears than just the ones mentioned. We learn some lessons about teamwork and how not to solve problems and how easy it is to accidentally hurt feelings. Mainly though, it's fun to read the different fonts and see the different pictures the kids have drawn to compliment their writing, and even if Lizzy thinks he's mean, Luke (rhymes with puke) is pretty funny. Fans of Kate Klise's Regarding the Fountain and the others in that series will like this.

Events are hilariously told in this fine story

A notebook hidden in a Writer's Corner of the library entices kids to write their ideas about school and life - and soon the notebook is causing trouble as it becomes filled with rumor and innuendo. From a Stinky Feet Experiment to Worm Day, events are hilariously told in this fine story for younger readers in grades 2-4 seeking something different in easy books.