The Cat Ate My Gymsuit by Paula Danziger

'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title. Donations may be sent to The Amber Brown Fund/ SCBWI Museum of Childrens Books, 8271 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048. In Paula's memory, The Amber Brown Fund has been established to bring authors and illustrators to schools and libraries which otherwise could not afford them. From collecting novelty toys that would make any teacher cringe, to wearing jangly earrings, funky glasses and shoes covered with beads and sequins, Paula Danziger had a direct line into kids' hearts and funnybones.

She knew how kids felt, what made them laugh, what they wore, collected, read, and played with. Known as a flamboyantly funny and deeply honest writer and speaker, Paula Danziger knew how to relate to young readers at their level. Among her titles are: the enormously popular Amber Brown books as well as Remember Me To Harold Square, The Divorce Express, and Can You Sue Your Parents For Malpractice?ĭanziger received numerous honors, including: Parent's Choice Awards, International Reading Association - Children's Book Council Awards, a IRA-CBC Children's Choice Award and many nominations for state reading and library association awards. She returned to teaching, but the success of her book encouraged her to become a full-time writer. She received her Masters Degree in reading and during that time she wrote her first bestselling novel, The Cat Ate My Gymsuit. Her parents dont understand her, she feelslike a fat blimp with no. Beginning her career as a teacher, Danziger taught at the junior high, high school, college levels. A modern classic with issues that will be relevant always. Finney and the values she stands for is worth the price she must pay at home and in school.Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in New York, Paula Danziger knew since second grade that she wanted to be a writer. With her mother firmly on her side, her father violently opposed, Marcy mus decide whether her fight for Ms. When Marcy, now out of her shell, helps to organize a protest, she too is suspended. Finney is suspended because of her controversial teaching methods, the school is thrown into an uproar.

Marcy has never met anyone like her, and suddenly life in and out of school begins to have a purpose. Throughout her career, she wrote a collection of childrens stories, including The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, The Divorce Express and, more recently, the Amber Brown series. Finney, an English teacher who will try anything in the classroom, and above all, a teacher who acts human. Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in New York, Paula Danziger knew since the second grade that she wanted to be a writer. Life at home isn't great either, since her father bosses her and her mother around. Marcy Lewis is bored by school, she despairs of ever being thin, and she is certain she'll never have a date.

The Cat Ate My Gymsuit by Paula Danziger