Miss Nelson is Missing!

Written by Harry Allard and James Marshall

Narrated by Cindy Haynes

The classic, hilarious story of a misbehaving class, their sweet teacher, and the legendary substitute teacher who restores order in their chaotic classroom.

"Miss Nelson's class always acts up—especially when their teacher is absent from school! But after a week with their strict substitute, Viola Swamp, the kids can't wait for Miss Nelson to come back.Full of tongue-in-cheek humor, this is the ultimate back-to-school tale or teacher gift: Accept no substitute!Plus don't miss the companion stories: Miss Nelson Is Back and Miss Nelson Has a Field Day!"

• Language: English
• Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
• Release date: Sep 1, 2004
• ISBN: 9780545258357

Reviews for Miss Nelson is Missing!

[ndange1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This book is great for a teacher to read when she or he knows he or she will be out for a little while. The big idea of this story is for students to realize even though their teacher may be out for a little while, students should still behave for the substitute teacher. The illustrations are fun to look at while reading this picture book. I like how the pictures did not take up the entire page. On one page, there was a box with the picture, and the next page a circle with a picture. Depending on the size of the picture depended on how much text there was on each page. The characters were well-developed. Ms. Swamp was well developed because of the description the older boy told Miss Nelson's class. When Ms. Swamp came into the class, the description the boy gave her accurately corresponded to her. The language in this story is clear and concise for students to read. The sentences were simple enough for students to read independently. For example, the story describes how "at the stroke of ten, the kids from 207 left the building. No one stopped them." This story is great for teachers to have in their library.

[magarcia-2 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Great book series for students. Miss Swamp and puts the children's mischief to bed, and gets the kids working hard again.

[pamelapaige · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Mrs. Nelson leaves tog et Tonsals taken out. kids act badly great for kids that can relate to being bad for a sub such as 3rd grade and up.

[aosby8 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Love this book! Every class should read this on the first day and not be surprised when Ms. Swamp comes to their class when they misbehave.

[paulina.chapa · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I would use this book to teach cause and effect, compare/contrast and character traits. The students love this book because they might be able to relate to it.

[abigailadams26 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Sweet Miss Nelson has a new class of students in Room 207, but like their predecessors in Miss Nelson Is Missing!, they have a talent for trouble, and like to test the boundaries a bit! When Miss Nelson must miss a week of school, after having her tonsils out, the children at first imagine that this will give them the perfect opportunity to act up. Then they hear the stories of scary substitute teacher Miss Viola Swamp, who appeared the last time Miss Nelson was missing. But will even that threat be enough to dissuade them from misbehaving, when boring Principal Blandsworth turns out to be their substitute instead?

This humorous second adventure to feature Miss Nelson and her surly counterpart, Miss Swamp, is just as fun as the first, with twice as many devious disguises! Students and teacher both get in on the act (with an interesting double-disguise at one point) in Allard's droll narrative, which is perfectly matched by James Marshall's zany illustrations. The style here is rather cartoon-like - fans of the artist's George and Martha books will know what to expect - and works very well with the over-the-top story. All in all, Miss Nelson Is Back is a most engaging follow-up to the initial Miss Nelson adventure, and more than enough to convince me to pick up the third, Miss Nelson Has a Field Day!

[hwallen_3 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A hilarious tale of character as Miss Nelson leaves to have her tonsils removed. While she is gone the students are not very nice to their substitute, so then Mrs. Swamp, Miss Nelson's alter ego, comes in to take over! A light hearted read that is full of pranks and jokes!

[loadedbs · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is a funny story about a teacher who has to leave her class room for a few days, The kids think thy will have it easy until a older child tells them about a really mean substitute teacher named Miss Swamp. When the principle comes to teach instead of Miss Swamp the kids fool Him and leave school to have fun. But the fun did not last very long.

I enjoyed the story and the pictures. It reminded of how I felt when I knew the teacher would be gone.

In the classroom, you could this book as an example of respect for those who are there as a replacement, also honesty and integrity know matter who you have to face.

[michelleknudsen · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I had no idea there were any sequels to Harry Allard’s Miss Nelson Is Missing! until I happened to come across them in the library. This one is similar in general feel to the original book, but doesn’t quite have the same punch. The story is sort of similar the first one—instead of abusing Miss Nelson and getting Miss Viola Swamp to teach them a lesson, the kids deceive Mr. Blandsworth, and end up getting Miss Viola Swamp to teach them a lesson.

[bcbias · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This story is about Miss Nelson having to leave her classroom for a week. Since she already left once the kids are terrified to act bad becuase they might get Miss Viola Swamp. The end up having their principal, Mr. Blandsworth, as their substitute. He's a very boring teacher so the kids try to disguise themselves as Miss Nelson so he'll think he doesn't have to be their substitute anymore. At first the plan works, but Miss Nelson finds out about the idea and isn't happy so she dresses up as Miss Viola Swamp to get back at the kids.

[emilyannsp · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Miss Nelson is Back is perfect for an unruly class. Miss Nelson has to leave school because she is sick. Her class gets stuck with the principal, Mr. Blandsworth, as the substitute. He is so boring and the class decides to trick him into thinking Miss Nelson is back before she really is. Miss Nelson sees the kids skipping school after they had tricked Mr. Blandsworth and decides that Miss Viola Swamp should watch the class and get them back under control. When the students see that Miss Swamp is back they decide to shape up. When Miss Nelson is back her class is very well behaved.

[d9holliman · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This was my favorite picture book as a kid, I love reading it to my students and getting their reactions to the Swamp. I think that this is a great book to use as a teaching tool to discuss with your students how they should act if they have a substitute. Allard really did a great job capturing what it is like in an elementary classroom. There are always the ring leaders of the class who really represent the class for better or worse and it is hilarious to watch them come up with their plan to get rid of Blansworth as their substitute. One thing that I noticed about this book is that now that we have white boards, most students have never had to beat chalkboard erasers. So they had no schema to go with the students talking about their substitute problem as they beat the erasers.

[baachan_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I couldn't read one Miss Nelson and not read the other. In this episode, Miss Nelson announces to her class that she'll be gone all next week to get her tonsils removed. Her class talks to an older kid who suffered through the Swamp (Substitute Viola Swamp) last year, who scares them. When the sub finally appears, it's the mild-mannered and supremely boring principal. The kids decide to get rid of him--three of them dress up as Miss Nelson and send him back to the office--not too bright, that one. While out and about in town, the class walks right past Miss Nelson's house and she sees them. Something must be done, and shortly after the class arrives back at school, Miss Swamp appears. Miss Nelson makes an equally sudden reappearance. While an enjoyable read, Miss Nelson is Missing is probably the better of the two. Kids are nothing if not suspicious--and they do wonder why Miss Nelson didn't see Miss Swamp in the hall--but they don't have time to ponder it for very long. Still, the illustrations are charming and the prose is understated; Allard and Marshall have done another quality piece of work.

[kidlit9 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

When their teacher has to go away for a week, the kids in room 207 plan to "really act up."

[t1bclasslibrary · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Miss Nelson has to leave to get her toncils removed, and the principal fills in for her. After he’s bored the children to death, they pretend Miss Nelson is back and then take the day off. Miss Nelson finds out and sends Miss Swamp in to take care of things.