Book description
Dullandon Primary School runs strictly by the headmaster's timetable
until the day a supply teacher, Miss Pandemonium, arrives. Within a week
she has everyone trying to fly in home-made helicopters, making
Friendship Cake which is far too friendly, and she even persuades the
head, Mr Shrapnell, to cross the swimming pool in a leaky tin tub. Mr
Shrapnell thinks it's all too much to put up with but, when the school
inspector praises the school for its creative work, he comes round to
her way of thinking. Jeremy Strong has been writing for children for
many years and, until recently, combined this with being a primary
school headteacher. He has a rapidly growing reputation as a writer and
won the 1997 Children's Book Award for THE HUNDRED-MILE-AN-HOUR DOG. He
was again shortlisted for the Award in 1998 for MY GRANNY'S GREAT
ESCAPE. Jeremy lives in Wrotham, Kent.
