- Paperback: 32 pages
- Publisher: Orchard (25 July 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1841211125
- ISBN-13: 978-1841211121
- Product Dimensions: 26.8 x 24.4 x 0.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 692,774 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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It won't help you get rid of the little critters, but at least it will make you laugh as you scratch. A really jolly gift for all those children and parents (and grandparents) who get uptight about nits. -- The Guardian
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It won't help you get rid of the little critters, but at least it will make you laugh as you scratch. A really jolly gift for all those children and parents (and grandparents) who get uptight about nits.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I love the illustration! It's a funny story about a teacher who gets lice in her class :) The pictures make you smile and there is an innocent love story folding out in the book between two teachers. Even the lice looks hilarious! Great details throughout.
Format:Paperback
One of those rare books which grown-ups enjoy too and which my three small children never tire of, me neither. Very sweet. The illustrations are bright and funny. The story gentle and funny. I'm amazed it hasn't won a prize or become really well-known. It certainly deserves both.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Zany drawings and a rollicking story line
11 Jan 2003
Format:Hardcover
A tiny insect craws into a classroom and soon the whole class is scratching. It's hard to imagine how a picturebook on head lice can be whimsical and fun, but even parents who have suffered through an outbreak will find the zany drawings and rollicking story line to be fun.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Uh-Oh, Itchy Head.....
22 Nov 2002
Format:Hardcover
"One day a tiny insect, no bigger than a freckle, crawled into Ms. Calypso's classroom. Nobody noticed..." She took a look around, saw Ms Calypso's "cascading curls," dove through the air, and landed, making a nice little home for herself and her tiny eggs. Pretty soon Ms Calypso began to scritch scratch, and soon her entire class was scritching and scratching as the head-lice scampered from head to head to head. Mr Trout, the principal, sent a note home: "Please comb special conditioner through your children's hair and make it so slippery that all the head lice slide into the bath water and float away." The treatment worked perfectly. "There was not a single louse in sight. They were all gone. Well, all except one!" Poor Ms Calypso lived alone, and had no one to help her condition and comb, and soon, the whole class was scritching and scratching all over again. This time Mr Trout sent the note home, and then volunteered to help Ms Calypso with her hair. They fell in love and got married, and there hasn't been a scritch or a scratch ever since...well at least not in Mrs Trout's room..... It's hard to believe that anyone could author an appealing story about head-lice infestation, but Miriam Moss and illustrator, Delphine Durand seem to have accomplished the impossible. Ms Moss' engaging and entertaining text takes the mystery and stigma out of the head-lice issue, as she shows that anyone can be a victim. Ms Durand's bold, bright, and busy cartoon-like illustrations enhance the story, and are filled will expression, vibrant color, playful humor and eye-catching detail. Perfect for youngsters 4-8, Scritch Scratch is a clever, funny romp that takes a lousy topic and makes light of it with fact instead of fiction.
Cute book.
14 Aug 2011
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I'm not sure that I would have ever found this book had I not been specifically looking for a book on lice. My sister n law is a second grade teacher and her first year teaching she came home with a funny lice story. She kept getting the goosebumps talking about it which was only amusing to me. I bought her this book for her class and she loved it.
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