Iris and Walter: Substitute Teacher - by Elissa Haden Guest (Paperback)

About the Book

Iris's favorite teacher Miss Cherry is out sick...and this substitute teacher isn't quite what she was expecting!

Book Synopsis

Iris and Walter's teacher is out sick, and Iris's grandpa is the substitute! At first Iris is so excited to have Grandpa as the teacher. But she soon discovers that sharing her grandpa with the rest of the class isn't as much fun as she thought it would be.

In the eighth book of the award-winning Iris and Walter series, Iris learns that sharing someone you love is hard . . . but that her special bond with Grandpa can never be broken.

Review Quotes

"Splendid . . . Readers will delight in the youngsters' friendship."--School Library Journal (starred review)

"Iris and Walter will join Frog and Toad and Henry and Mudge in a prominent place on the easy-reading shelves."--The Bulletin

About the Author

ELISSA HADEN GUEST is the award-winning author of the Iris and Walter series. She lives in San Francisco, California.

CHRISTINE DAVENIER is the acclaimed illustrator of many popular children's books, including The First Thing My Mama Told Me by Susan Marie Swanson, a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year. She lives in Paris.