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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2011
Gr 1–4—In energetic quatrains, readers follow brothers Peter and John Paul as they race to their Colonial-era one-room school; line up on benches with boys on one side, girls on the other; and begin the day's lessons. Alphabet, math, history, and religion fill the instructional time, but recess finds the children outside playing simple games. Modern children may feel lucky as they learn that the Master does not spare the rod and that wearing neck yokes was considered appropriat...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2011
A portrait of a mid-eighteenth-century one-room school is animated by art featuring a score of lively scholars and the ongoing feud between brothers Peter and John Paul. Text is minimal, consisting of staccato quatrains: "Girls' side, boys' side, / John in front. / Peter snickers, / 'Yer a runt!' / John Paul bristles. / 'Take that back!' / Brothers bicker, / Thick rod, THWACK!" A dauntingly elongated schoolmaster towers sternly ov...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
A portrait of a mid-eighteenth-century one-room school is animated by the ongoing feud between brothers Peter and John Paul. Kay's text is...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
