Count on Miss Mingo and her irresistible class of critters to make a
special school-year milestone a day to remember.
It's the hundredth day of school, and Miss Mingo the Flamingo has quite
a day planned for her diverse class of animals. First, the students
share projects that celebrate the number one hundred: Centipede does one
hundred jumping jacks, Panda shows off two bundles of fifty bamboo
stalks, and other students share five sets of twenty footprints and
other combos to get to the magic number. Later the class works together
to create sculptures out of one hundred paper cups (Octopus is
particularly helpful), and the day becomes as much about self-expression
as it is a number--especially when Miss Mingo has the whole class make
silly faces for one hundred seconds! In the fourth book of her ingenious
series, Jamie Harper invites readers into Miss Mingo's warm, creative
classroom for a story inspired by hundredth-day activities in real
schools, combining a lively text that integrates fascinating facts about
the animals with humorously detailed illustrations that capture the
students' excited energy. Readers will easily find one hundred things to
love about Miss Mingo's joyful celebration, as well as fun ideas for
planning their own.