Mr. Granite is from Another Planet! (Book 3, My Weird School Daze)

Dan Gutman
Harper Trophy (2008)
ISBN 9780061346118
Reviewed by Matthew Feliciano (age 8) for Reader Views (11/08)

“Mr. Granite is from Another Planet!” is another book in the “My Weird School Daze” series.  This series is so much fun to read and I was really excited to get to read and write about another of these books.  I don’t wish my teachers were this crazy but it sure is fun to read about crazy teachers!

In this book, Mr. Granite is a third-grade teacher.  At the beginning of the school year there is a “green month” that is all about saving energy and not using electricity.  Mr. Granite has made a ton of contraptions and a couple of them use humans to make energy (like when the kids are swinging at the playground, they can create energy).  He made these contraptions so everyone could learn to save energy but still have fun.
           
Mr. Granite’s students think he’s insane.  He can make a car, a school bus and a rocket work from just potatoes. He knows everything and has a mind like a computer.  The kids all think he’s crazy but in a good way.
           
I would suggest “Mr. Granite is from Another Planet!” by Dan Gutman for anybody who likes really crazy things.  It’s also a good book to read if you like science because you get to read about science stuff in a fun way.

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