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The Best School Year Ever Audiobook Summary

Buckle up for a wild ride involving a missing gerbil, a crazy cat, and a tattooed baby that will have readers of all ages laughing!

This hilarious novel stars the Herdmans, the worst kids in the world, who made their first appearance in author Barbara Robinson’s classic The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.

In The Best School Year Ever, Imogene, Claude, Ralph, Leroy, Ollie, and Gladys Herdman haven’t changed a bit. They still set things on fire and knock the other kids black and blue.

One day the teachers ask all the students to think of compliments for their classmates, and Beth Bradley picks Imogene Herdman’s name. At first, Beth can’t think of anything good, but soon she begins to see Imogene in a new light.

Maybe behind all of the outrageous pranks, there is something good about the Herdmans?

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The Best School Year Ever Audiobook Narrator

Elaine Stritch is the narrator of The Best School Year Ever audiobook that was written by Barbara Robinson

Elaine Stritch, a superlative dramatic actress, won a Tony(r) Award for her one-woman show, Elaine Stritch, At Liberty. A four-time Tony(r) nominee, she has starred in numerous plays and musicals including Bus Stop, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Company, and A Delicate Balance. She received a Grammy nomination for her recording of The Best Halloween Ever.

About the Author(s) of The Best School Year Ever

Barbara Robinson is the author of The Best School Year Ever

The Best School Year Ever Full Details

Narrator Elaine Stritch
Length 2 hours 8 minutes
Author Barbara Robinson
Category
Publisher HarperCollins
Release date July 12, 2005
ISBN 9780060873585

Subjects

The publisher of the The Best School Year Ever is HarperCollins. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Juvenile Fiction, School & Education

Additional info

The publisher of the The Best School Year Ever is HarperCollins. The imprint is HarperCollins. It is supplied by HarperCollins. The ISBN-13 is 9780060873585.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

Darla

February 01, 2021

Loosely organized around the theme of Compliments for Classmates and a school year, this second book continues the exploits of the Herdmans. Beth is our narrator and ImogeneHerdman is in her class. The assignment is to think of one genuine compliment for each classmate. Then one name will be assigned to you for additional accolades. What if Beth draws Imogene? Will she be able to think of enough good things to say? Beth keeps track of the things she observes about Imogene. How Imogene is sympathetic when a little boy needs his blanket. How she figures out a way to help little Boyd get his head out of the bike rack. Perhaps there is more to this family than meets the eye. A great reminder to value those who are different from us. Perfect for fans of 'Homer Price' and 'Mercy Watson.'

Blake

February 10, 2011

My favorite part of this book was when the Herdmans took the baby and put tacktoos on him and charged every one twenty five cents to see the baby. The book reminded me of people like the Herdmans because they would always ruen every thing. I wonder why the Herdmans has such horrible behavior to mess every thing up, my favorite charecters were the teachers and parents because of what the teachers would always tell the students about the teacher room. I will recomend this book to a friend because it is very funny and a just right book to enjoy. There very many parts were i was confused but the one part were i was is when everyone was wondering were the Herdmans were because no one knew until they came back. There were no words that I wasnt sure about, I think wrote this book because maybe they had someone like the Herdmans growing up were they lived. One of the problems in this book was when students were always trying to get into the teachers room but luckily it was disolved when teachers put new furniture in there and put a plant in there which made students very nurvise. After reading this book I thought that it was a great book and wished it was longer the book was only a hundred and seventeen pages. I wasnt realy dissapoined in this book at all. When I was reading this book I felt like I was in a new world because I was so amazed by the book. I would like to read other books from this aurther if they continue to be funny like this one was. I likes the ending very much because it ended telling me about the summer.I am glad i read this book because i learned a new way of writing some things. The them of this story is the Hermans messing up all the school goals and how horrible they make the town but it is way better when there not around.

Giselle

September 23, 2018

#contemporaryathon book 7! I loved this one! I just love these characters and am so invested in them! It’s definitely a product of its time but it hit all the right notes for me.

Joseph

May 20, 2011

i liked it a lot

Molly

November 23, 2022

Completed the Herdman trilogy and this is probably my favorite. We laughed, especially me!!!, so much in this book. So many relatable things as a teacher. So many just true to life happenings. And then oh this beautiful thing of finding compliments for Imogene… loved how it resolved and loved the word that best fit her. It was so great to read aloud and we had good discussions.

Anne

January 02, 2015

The Herdmans are the funniest family ever. I think most schools has done for of them. I thought there was only the Christma book, So I was glad to find there were more stories about these "delightful" children.

Heather

January 25, 2019

When the children of Woodrow Wilson School participate in a 'Compliment for Classmates' project, Beth is assigned one of the school bullies - Imogene Herdman. Imogene and her siblings terrorize teachers and classmates alike - from tattooing heads to putting animals down people's backs. Beth recalls a year's worth of misadventures and accidents in order to find a compliment for Imogene - proving that there really is a little bit of good in everyone.

ElleDee

January 29, 2016

Like its partner, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, this book will make you cry from laughing so hard and from being incredibly moved by the lovely and weird little characters.

Alex

September 17, 2019

Summary:This is a story of a girls experience in a classroom with the Herdmans who are known for getting into and causing trouble. The school year doesn't appear to be anything out of the ordinary until the class is assigned to write compliments for the others in the classroom. The main character Beth picks Imogene Herdmans name. She spends the whole school year trying to come up with a compliment for Imogene but it proves to be more of a challenge than she expected.Evaluation:Over all I loved this book! It was a very relate about book for kids because there is always going to be a kid that you don't like. In addition, the book is written in understandable language for elementary students. The book had a good story line that was paced well and had a good problem and solution as well.Teaching Idea:I think this would be a good book to read at the beginning of the year as a read aloud. This can be a good book to teach the power of acceptance and finding the best in people. After reading the book I would give the students a list of everyones name in the class and give them a week to come up with a compliment for everyone in the class just like the students in the book do. Then I would take all of the compliments and put them together for each student. They could take this as a souvenir home.

Abigail

April 09, 2022

The Herdmans are such a hilarious bunch, who get into so much mischief. (On purpose, too) I love reading about their trouble and how they get out of it.

Yesenia

December 31, 2020

I’m really enjoying this series. There is so much more to the Herdmans than other think. #YesiReads

Allison

October 11, 2022

it is fine

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