Product Description

There are lots of things that regular people can do, but teachers can't. Teachers can't ride a bike or scooter to school. And they can never be tardy. Teachers can't buy their own apples. And they can't teach their best without flowers on their desk. But first they really need some help cleaning the blackboard. And the erasers!

It's a wonder they come back to school at all!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #475464 in Books
• Published on: 2002-06-01
• Released on: 2002-06-01
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .36" h x 10.32" w x 8.38" l, .71 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 32 pages

From Amazon.com
There are so many things teachers can't do. They can't ride skateboards or scooters to school, or be tardy, or buy their own apples. They can't write on the chalkboard without squeaking, or trade desserts at lunch, or feed the salamander or guinea pigs by themselves. And, they can never run out of smiles or smiley faces. What can they do? They can spell Mississippi and encyclopedia and they can do the thing they do best of all--teach! Douglas Wood and illustrator Doug Cushman (creators of What Moms Can't Do and What Dads Can't Do) pay tribute to teachers in their latest feel-good dinosaur picture book, told from a child's perspective. The adorable illustrations expertly capture early classroom life, from eraser-clapping-induced chalk clouds to finger-painting projects gone awry. This sweet and affectionate offering will no doubt take its place next to the pile of apples on teacher's desk. (Ages 3 to 8) --Karin Snelson

From Publishers Weekly
Douglas Wood goes back to school in What Teachers Can't Do, illus. by Doug Cushman, the follow-up to the popular What Dads Can't Do and What Moms Can't Do. Among the lessons learned: "Teachers can't buy their own apples. And they can't teach their best without flowers on their desk." Ages 3-8.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 1-This mildly amusing child's-eye look at teachers is the third collaboration featuring clothed, yellow-green dinosaurlike creatures that tell about the things adults supposedly can't do. The text is made up of simple, mostly declarative sentences, usually one per page, and seems to stretch to make its point. Large, attractive pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations depict a series of situations in which readers might observe a teacher. Sometimes the humor is in the child's interpretation: teachers can't buy their own apples, spell cat, or add 2 + 2; that they "can never be tardy" and "can't use the hall pass to go to the bathroom" may be a surprise to youngsters. The teacher's bottle of water in one picture is a modern touch, but cleaning blackboards and slapping erasers lend an old-fashioned note. While Joseph Slate's "Miss Bindergarten" series (Dutton) is superior, this title would probably be popular for start-of-the-school-year storytimes.
Louise L. Sherman, formerly at Anna C. Scott School, Leonia, NJ
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.