The great smelling bee

Format:

Book (regular print)

Title:

The great smelling bee

Author:

Stine, R. L. author

ISBN:

9780060785895

9780060785901

9781599618265

9780606150187

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York, NY : HarperCollinsPublishers, [2005]

Physical Description:

108, 4 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Series title(s):

Rotten School ;

Number in series:

General Note:

"A Parachute Press Book."

Book may contain one page of Really Rotten stickers.

Includes an excerpt from The good, the bad and the very slimy by the author.

Contents:

Morning announcements -- Do I look tense? -- A whole other chapter -- What stinks? -- Parrot plop -- Busted! -- My raffle surprise -- Sherman Oaks has a pet -- My lucky day -- Sherman squeals -- Kidnapped! -- Meow -- Doomed! -- The new student -- Jelly beans -- First-day jitters -- He speaks French -- He sings, too -- Barry's first exam -- The lucky winner -- The honor student.

Summary:

In order to hide a bulldog in his no-pets-allowed dorm, scheming fourth-grader Bernie Bridges enrolls his pet as a transfer student.

Reading Level:

Ages 8-12.

Subject(s):

Boarding schools -- Juvenile fiction.

Schools -- Juvenile fiction.

Bulldog -- Juvenile fiction.

Dogs -- Juvenile fiction.

Pets -- Juvenile fiction.

Boarding schools -- Fiction.

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Dallas Public Library	+ FICTION - STINE	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Monmouth Public Library	J Fic Stine, R. 2005	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Stayton Public Library	JF STINE	Searching... Unknown

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Sherman Oaks Is A Rat. Sherman is so spoiled and rich that he threw away his allowance because some of the hundred-dollar bills were wrinkled! He and his goody-goody friends and Nyce House are always trying to get Bernie Bridges and his Rotten House buddies into trouble. Well Bernie's in big trouble now. Bernie has a dog in his room, Sherman know it -- and there are NO PETS ALLOWED at Rotten School! Bernie has to find a way to hide Gassy, his dog. But the dog stinks. Hey, why do you think they call him Gassy?

Author Notes

R. L. Stine was born in Columbus Ohio on October 8, 1943. He graduated from Ohio State University in 1965. Under the name Jovial Bob Stine, he wrote dozens of joke books and humor books for kids including How to Be Funny, 101 Silly Monster Jokes, and Bozos on Patrol. He also created Bananas, a zany humor magazine which he worked on for ten years.

His first teen horror novel, Blind Date, was published in 1986 under the name R. L. Stine. His other works include Beach House, Hit and Run, The Babysitter, The Girlfriend, the Goosebumps series, and the Fear Street series. He also wrote an adult novel entitled Superstitious.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (3)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 3-5-This second installment in the series will suit those who find merriment in bodily functions run amok. A promising preface presents befuddled Headmaster Upchuck's morning announcements, which cover the Armpit Band tryouts, a tattoo exhibition, and an explanation of a poster misprint regarding the school's spelling bee. However, the quirky charm disappears with the know-it-all narration of Bernie Bridges. The story relies on the basest of humor via Gassy, a dog with gastrointestinal problems and an affinity for Mrs. Heinie's leg, and Lippy the parrot, who squawks "BEAK me! Eat birdseed and DIE!" The fourth-grade boys at this boarding school pull mean tricks, tattle, and easily dupe both faculty and fellow students. Park's cartoon drawings in each chapter, as well as a pull-out sticker sheet, lend a MAD Magazine element that will please the intended audience who may be satisfied by this minnow of a plot awash with repetitive gross humor.-Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publisher's Weekly Review

With a cast of characters who prefer tricks to treats, R.L. Stine kicks off the paper-over-board Rotten School series: #1 The Big Blueberry Barf-Off! and #2 The Great Smelling Bee, illus. by Trip Park (see Children's Audio below). Park's madcap cartoons of freckle-face, bespectacled narrator Bernie Bridges (aka "Big B") and his buds Belzer, Feenman and Crench combined with Stine's wacky dialogue result in a kind of Fat Albert dynamics that will make kids want to visit this boarding school again and again. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Horn Book Review

Bernie Bridges, the hero of Rotten School, is sneaky and manipulative; his only redeeming quality is that he's not spoiled like his archenemy, Sherman Oaks. Stine doesn't bother to make Bernie likable, just clever. Stine knows plot, and he takes every chance to deliver easy, bad jokes that will make readers laugh. Black-and-white pictures illustrate each chapter. Stickers are appended. [Review covers these Rotten School titles: The Big Blueberry Barf-off!, The Good, the Bad and the Very Slimy, and The Great Smelling Bee.] (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.

Morning Announcements	p. 1
1 Do I Look Tense?	p. 4
2 A Whole Other Chapter	p. 8
3 What Stinks?	p. 18
4 Parrot Plop	p. 24
5 Busted!	p. 30
6 My Raffle Surprise	p. 35
7 Sherman Oaks Has a Pet	p. 40
8 My Lucky Day	p. 46
9 Sherman Squeals	p. 50
10 Kidnapped!	p. 55
11 Meow	p. 60
12 Doomed!	p. 66
13 The New Student	p. 71
14 Jelly Beans	p. 75
15 First-Day Jitters	p. 81
16 He Speaks French	p. 86
17 He Sings, Too	p. 90
18 Barry's First Exam	p. 95
19 The Lucky Winner	p. 100

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