Book Descriptions
for A Book of Coupons by Susie Morgenstern and Serge Bloch
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
How could a new teacher be so old wonder the students on the first day of the school year. “My name is Hubert Noël,” he tells them. “Ever since I was young . . . people have called me Santa.” He presents each child with a gift-wrapped package, and inside is a book of coupons. “One coupon for being late to school . . . One coupon for losing your homework . . . One coupon for not listening in class . . . One coupon for copying from your neighbor . . . One coupon for getting out of trouble . . . One coupon for singing at the top of your lungs whenever you like.” The coupon book is just the first of many wonderful surprises the children have in store over the course of a remarkable school year in Monsieur Noël’s class. Their teacher may look old, but he is young of heart and mind. He respects and challenges them, and they respond to all the gifts — of knowledge, of attention, of experience, of love — that he has to offer. Susie Morgenstern’s short, charming, full-hearted novel is set in France, where the U.S.-born author lives. (Ages 9–12)
CCBC Choices 2002 . © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 2002. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
It is the first day of school and the kids of Marie Curie School are getting a new teacher. Everyone arrives hoping for an athletic and handsome specimen, but instead, they find a fat, wrinkly, and incredibly old one. At first, the class is very disappointed. But then each student receives a strange gift-a book of very special coupons-and it becomes obvious that Monsieur NoAl is not the kind of teacher you meet everyday. The school year is bound to be anything but ordinary.
Illustrated by Serge Bloch
Translated by Gill Rosner
Illustrated by Serge Bloch
Translated by Gill Rosner
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