Charlie is ready to play the bad guy in the class play, but Mrs. Burke has other ideas!Charlie Bumpers has his heart set on playing the role of the evil Sorcerer in the fourth grade play. But his drea
Charlie is ready to play the bad guy in the class play, but Mrs. Burke has other ideas!
Charlie Bumpers has his heart set on playing the role of the evil Sorcerer in the fourth grade play. But his dreams of villainous stardom go up in smoke when he finds out that Mrs. Burke has cast him as the Nice Gnome! Determined to rectify this terrible injustice, Charlie concocts one plan after another, but nothing seems to work.
To make matters worse, his dad has assigned chores to all the kids in the family and Charlie?s job is walking Ginger ? the diggiest, sniffiest, and poopiest dog in the universe. Can Charlie deal with these challenges without causing havoc all around him?
This fun series for young readers from Grammy?award winning author, Bill Harley?s uses humor to illuminate important values such as taking responsibility, being helpful, and making the best of a bad situation.
?A storyteller with an uncanny sense of elementary school humor, Harley has penned a worthy sequel to Charlie Bumpers vs. The Teacher of the Year (2013). With illustrator Gustavson, he captures the frustration that comes with just having to make the best of a bad situation.?
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Meet Charlie Bumpers, a fourth grader who always seems to find himself making the best of a bad situation. Charlie tries to do the right thing, but his plans donít always work out the way he wants them to.
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?Strong characters, a fast-moving plot, and amusing black-and-white spot illustrations continue the fun in this second installment.?
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?A heartwarming and sometimes laugh-out-loud tale about giving 100 percent even when you?re less than thrilled to do so? [Listeners will be eager to find out how his adventure unfolds.?
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