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Wagner has been fooled by just about everyone this April Fools' Day--his best friend Pearl, his teacher, and even the librarian. Tired of being on the receiving end of all the pranks, Wagner is determined to have the last laugh. This easy-to-read installment of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor-winning Pearl and Wagner series promises a whole lot of giggles for young readers!
Author Notes
Kate McMullan was born in 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri. She received a Bachelor's degree in elementary education at the University of Tulsa and a Master's degree in early childhood education from Ohio State University. She taught elementary school in inner-city Los Angeles and on an American Air Force base in Germany. In 1976, she moved to New York City and became an editor of language arts and audiovisual materials for a publishing house.
She has written over 50 children's books under the names Kate McMullan, Katy Hall, and K. H. McMullan. The book, I Stink!, won a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor. Nutcracker Noel and Hey, Pipsqueak, which were illustrated by her husband Jim McMullan, were voted among the New York Times Ten Best Picture Books of the Year. She writes the Dragon Slayers' Academy series and the Fluffy, the Classroom Guinea Pig series.
She also teaches at New York University's School of Continuing and Professional Studies and is a member of the faculty of the New School's MFA Writing Program.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (3)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 1-3-In this delightful addition to a solid series, fluent beginning readers will identify with Wagner's April Fools' Day of frustration and satisfaction. In the first chapter, the mouse is fooled by his friend Pearl, his teacher, the librarian, and the cafeteria menu. Then he hopes that the announcement of a math test is another trick, only to discover that "It's for real." Next, Mr. Jumper holds a dance contest during a rainy recess in the gym. Pearl dazzles everyone with her jitterbug and Lulu hip-hops with some "smooth moves," but when Wagner boogies down he falls on his behind. In the third chapter, Wagner asks to visit the school nurse. He returns to class covered with green spots and announces that he has "a bad case of bug pox" and that it's catching. After several loud sneezes, he exclaims, "Ah...ah...ah...April fools!" McMullan's exquisitely crafted story has an endearing blend of humor, humiliation, friendship, and familiar school scenarios. Done in pen and ink, watercolor, and colored pencil, Alley's distinguished illustrations feature a variety of expressive animal characters whose kinesthetic expressions cheerfully depict many of the happenings.-Laura Scott, Farmington Community Library, MI (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
(Primary) Even youngsters unfamiliar with Pearl and Wagner (see Pearl and Wagner: Three Secrets, rev. 9/04) will know that this rabbit and mouse are pals: prefacing the book is a phone conversation where they share a corny joke that only friends would love ("Why couldn't the skeleton go to the dance?" / "He had no body to dance with"). Everybody at school seems to be clued in that it's April Fools Day except Wagner; the challenging day that follows is presented in three satisfying chapters for beginning readers. Wagner may be a little slow on the uptake, and Pearl may prefer to dance with Bud the pig than with him, but Wagner manages to get the last laugh with a great April Fools prank of his own. McMullan's easy-reader text has a reliable partner in Alley's pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations that not only help youngsters through any rough parts but also add a gentle pastel wash to the sometimes-painful schoolyard jockeying. From HORN BOOK, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
Wagner and Pearl return in three episodes taking place on April Fools' Day. In the first, Wagner is duped by one joke after another. In the second, he tries to learn to dance in gym class but ends up dejected, sitting on the sidelines while Pearl struts her stuff. In the third, he creates a prank to get the last laugh on his classmates. Alley's expressive ink-and-watercolor illustrations portray Wagner's shifting emotions with clarity and finesse. McMullen shows clearly why many children have mixed feelings about April Fools' Day. A brightly illustrated book in the Pearl and Wagner beginning-reader series.--Phelan, Carolyn Copyright 2008 Booklist