Messy Miranda

by Jeff Szpirglas, Danielle Saint-Onge, Dave Whamond (Illustrator)

Overview

Miranda has one messy desk.

It's full of books, pencils, science projects and…other stuff. Too much stuff, says her teacher, Ms. Basil. On a family visit to her Uncle Aldo's one night, Miranda wonders if some of his magician's tools might offer a solution to her messy-desk problem. Sneaking off to the magic room, Miranda finds Uncle Aldo's impressive collection of top hats. Miranda knows that magic top hats can hold lots of things—why not the mess from her desk? At first, the hat seems to do the trick, but soon things start to go horribly wrong. As Uncle Aldo says, you have to be careful with magic.

The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781459805187
Publisher:	Orca Book Publishers
Publication date:	11/01/2013
Series:	Orca Echoes Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	64
Lexile:	410L (what's this?)
File size:	7 MB
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

Jeff Szpirglas and Danielle Saint-Onge live together in Toronto and teach in classrooms with students of diverse cultural backgrounds. Jeff has written several books, including the award-nominated You Just Can’t Help It! and a terrifying new novel called Evil Eye. Danielle has a master’s degree in social anthropology and is a crusader for equity in the classroom. Besides teaching, they spend their time writing stories like Something’s Fishy and taking care of their twin babies.

Jeff Szpirglas is the author of several works for young people, including the horror collections Tales from Beyond the Brain and Tales from the Fringes of Fear. He is also the co-author, with Danielle Saint-Onge, of a number of Orca Echoes titles, including Shark Bait!, X Marks the Spot and Messy Miranda. Jeff has worked at CTV and was an editor at Chirp, Chickadee and Owl magazines. In his spare time, he teaches grade school. Jeff lives with his family in Kitchener, Ontario.

Danielle Saint-Onge has a master's degree in social anthropology and is an advocate for equity in the classroom. She teaches in classrooms with students of diverse cultural backgrounds. Danielle is the co-author of Messy Miranda, X Marks the Spot and Something's Fishy all in the Orca Echoes line. Danielle lives in Kitchener, Ontario.

Dave Whamond is an award-winning illustrator and cartoonist whose work has appeared in books, magazines and newspapers. Visit his website at www.davewhamond.com.

Editorial Reviews

"A simple, but charming story, and very relatable...A great early chapter book."

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"Offers engaging characters and a simple but entertaining story for beginning chapter book readers. Recommended."

Library Media Connection

"As a messy desk is not uncommon, Miranda is a relatable character...Illustrations provide the readers with comical character emotions...A good early chapter book for primary school children looking for a good laugh."

CM: Canadian Review of Materials

"As a messy desk is not uncommon, Miranda is a relatable character...Illustrations provide the readers with comical character emotions...A good early chapter book for primary school children looking for a good laugh."

CM Magazine