It's Not All Flowers and Sausages: My Adventures in Second Grade

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Meet Mrs. Mimi - she's the second grade teacher every kid should have. Hip and hilarious, she brings us into her New York City classroom, with no hold barred. From the Great Pencil Crisis of 2003 to ill-fated field trips (lesson #1: don't trust a farm in Queens), Mrs. Mimi has seen it all. Based on her popular blog, It's Not All Flowers and Sausages shows us what it's like to commune with seven-year-olds for a living - pee jokes, annoying colleagues, and all.

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Overview

Meet Mrs. Mimi - she's the second grade teacher every kid should have. Hip and hilarious, she brings us into her New York City classroom, with no hold barred. From the Great Pencil Crisis of 2003 to ill-fated field trips (lesson #1: don't trust a farm in Queens), Mrs. Mimi has seen it all. Based on her popular blog, It's Not All Flowers and Sausages shows us what it's like to commune with seven-year-olds for a living - pee jokes, annoying colleagues, and all.

Join Mrs. Mimi in the teacher's lounge and in her classroom, as she wrangles the naughty kids, outsmarts the sneaky ones, and tries to get everyone to third grade in one piece.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781607140665
  • Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
  • Publication date: 9/1/2009
  • Edition description: Original
  • Pages: 256
  • Product dimensions: 5.34 (w) x 8.08 (h) x 0.65 (d)

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Mrs. Mimi is a second grade teacher at a public elementary school in New York City, where she has taught both first and second grades for the past six years. She graduated from Connecticut College in 2000, where she completed her teacher certification program, with a degree in Human Development. Mimi also holds a Master’s degree in sociology and education with a focus on educational policy from Teachers College, Columbia University. Currently, Mimi is a fourth-year doctoral student in the Curriculum and Instruction department at Teachers College.

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  • Posted August 13, 2010

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    Hilarious!

    As a 6th grade teacher in a public school, I thought Mrs. Mimi hit the nail on the head as she described the pitfalls of teaching along with the soul-boosting rewards we receive. She illuminates the "nonsense" and "time-wasters" we deal with as teachers along with the reasons we continue to endure them. Her humorous and sarcastic take on the life of a teacher from September (August, really) to June makes this book such a page-turner. I loved it so much that I passed it along to some of my colleagues and bought copies as gifts for friends that are also in the teaching profession. I highly recommend this book.

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  • Posted November 11, 2009

    days in the life of a 2nd grade teacher in Harlem,

    culled from her blogs: many rants against the non-teaching bureaucracy of New York schools, many cute anecdotes about her dear little students, but very little about what she was actually teaching. Written in sassy colloquial language that fit a blog better than a book, but an easy read. If you want an inkling of the thoughts in the head of a young idealistic teacher 'in the trenches' this may be it.

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  • Posted September 18, 2009

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    Laughed my a** off!

    Mrs. Mimi's book is hilarious. As a former NY City public teacher turned sweltering hot teacher in Florida, I can really relate to EVERY story. "Outsiders" really have no idea what goes on along with the ridiculous things that happen on a day to day occurance. This book is LOL funny! I recommended it to all of my "teacher friends" already! And to the other "reviewer"...all I have to say is...what did you think Mrs. Mimi meant when she said KAPLAN APPROACHED HER ON TURNING HER BLOG INTO A BOOK! Come On!!!

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  • Posted September 1, 2009

    Skip it if you read the blog...

    I was so excited to get Mrs. Mimi's book!! Then, after reading it, I feel a bit let down. I LOVE LOVE her blog and read it frequently, but unfortunately the book had too many similar stories. I've read them already and I wanted something more, and I was willing to pay money for it! Total bummer. I was also hoping for more of a flowing story, not blog postings seemingly stuck into a book without good connections.

    I will always be a fan and I will keep reading the blog (yes, it's that good) but I wouldn't tell a friend to buy this book.

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