Sideways Stories From Waysides School

By: Louis Sachar

Illustrated By: Julie Brincklo

This humorous book is the first out of the series written by Louis Sachar. The book is designed in a chapter layout - each chapter being the name of a student that attended Wayside school. Wayside School is an interesting learning environment, its was built to be 30 story tall with only one classroom on each floor. Except for during the construction, the builder left out the nineteenth floor and an elevator. Not only is the school environment out there - so is the learning. From teachers that turn students into apples, to students who fall out of window, to students who can read only upside down to many other things that shouldn't be taking place at a school. 

Classroom Application: This book is good to use in a classroom as a read aloud. Another activity students should do is create a new chapter to add into this book. The new chapter should be from the perspective of a new student that was just added into Ms. Jewels classroom.