One day a tiny insect, no bigger than a freckle, climbs into Miss Calypso's classroom. Nobody notices until . . . Polly scritches, Joshua scratches and soon the whole class is scritching and scratching. An itchingly good text and hilarious illustrations make this book a must for anyone who has ever had a nit.
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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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Miriam Moss: Scritch Scratch is Miriam's third book for Orchard. After an eventful childhood spent travelling around Africa, Hong Kong and the Yemen, Miriam Moss left the relative calm of boarding school to gain a degree from Oxford University. Shortly afterwards she qualified as a teacher. Miriam is married with three children and lives in East Sussex. Delphine Durand has illustrated books for many publishers, including Random House, New York. She studied illustration in Strasbourg and has been working as an illustrator ever since, working on both magazines and children's books. Scritch Scratch is her first book for Orchard. Delphine lives in Marseille, but works mainly in Paris.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Borshee
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.
By Jess
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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Zany drawings and a rollicking story line
11 Jan 2003
By Midwest Book Review
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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.
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Uh-Oh, Itchy Head.....
22 Nov 2002
By Roz Levine
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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.
5.0 out of 5 stars
My favorite book.
25 Dec 2012
By Amelia Gremelspacher
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Format:Hardcover
My grandson got this book from the library. I read it with him, and I loved it. It is so improbable and funny. I am sure my affection for it only shows my own immaturity, but a good lice book is hard to find.
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