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    Miss Centipede: A Bug’s Tale of Tolerance | Dedicated Review

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    Miss Centipede: A Bug’s Tale of Tolerance

    Written by C.P. Wilson

    Illustrated by Anait Semirdzhyan

    Ages 5-9 | 32 pages

    Publisher: Dorrance Publishing Co. | ISBN-13: 978-1646108374

    What to expect: Counting, Humor, and Metamorphosis

    A teacher’s supernatural level of patience in a classroom overflowing with students is the topic of this entertaining picture book, Miss Centipede: A Bug’s Tale of Tolerance.

    Spiderville is a small town of 800 somewhere near the southwest border of the US, but that changes dramatically when the town is labeled as a Sanctuary City and featured in a national newspaper. The beloved local school, Insect Elementary, suddenly becomes very popular as new students clamor to enroll. In fact, the student numbers double in only three weeks and overcrowding becomes a serious concern. Principal Grasshopper needs to hire some new teachers and he employs Miss Centipede to be the new fourth-grade teacher. Her experience working in a city school means she is used to large-sized classes, but nobody guessed just how good she would be. When her class size grows to 30, 40, 50, 60, and higher, she excels. What is her secret? The adults cannot figure it out, but the students know. Kids with a fascination for garden bugs and insects will particularly enjoy the plot twist ending.

    Miss Centipede’s capacity to adapt and persevere despite the overcrowded classroom conditions is an exemplary lesson of tolerance, but even Miss Centipede has her limits. Drawing on her background as a teacher, author CP Wilson has written an enjoyable yarn that both kids and adults will find equally amusing. Kids will be drawn in by the magic of Miss Centipede’s supernatural secret. At the same time, adults will find the humor in this take on overcrowded classrooms. They will also be happy about the mathematical element of counting by tens interwoven throughout the story.

    Miss Centipede: A Bug’s Tale of Tolerance is a fun choice for parents and teachers looking for an easy and imaginative book to share with readers ages five through eight.

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    About the Author

    C.P. Wilson has lived in many states within the continental U.S. She’s lived in urban and suburban areas and knows the feeling of being the new kid in town and school. Fro many years Wilson was a N.Y.C. and a N.Y.S. teacher and enjoyed instructing and working with children. CP is now a writer and also a realtor. She volunteered at many local organizations in her community, and has helped many people. CP lives with her family, doggies, and kitties on Long Island.

    For more information, visit https://misscentipede.com/.

    Dedicated Reviews allow authors and illustrators to gain prompt visibility for their work. This is a sponsored*, non-biased review of Miss Centipede: A Bug’s Tale of Tolerance by C.P. Wilson. Learn more about getting a book review …

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    Anait Semirdzhyan C.P. Wilson Dedicated Review
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    Bianca Schulze is the founder of The Children’s Book Review. She is a reader, reviewer, mother and children’s book lover. She also has a decade’s worth of experience working with children in the great outdoors. Combined with her love of books and experience as a children’s specialist bookseller, the goal is to share her passion for children’s literature to grow readers. Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, she now lives with her husband and three children near Boulder, Colorado.

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