The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson audiobook

The Best School Year Ever

By Barbara Robinson
Read by Elaine Stritch

HarperCollins

The Herdmans Series: Book 2

2.15 Hours • Unabridged
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    ISBN: 9780060873585

Buckle up for a wild ride involving a missing gerbil, a crazy cat, and a tattooed baby that will have readers of all ages laughing! This hilarious novel stars the Herdmans, the worst kids in the world, who made their first appearance in author Barbara Robinson's classic The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. In The Best School Year Ever, Imogene, Claude, Ralph, Leroy, Ollie, and Gladys Herdman haven’t changed a bit. They still set things on fire and knock the other kids black and blue. One day the teachers ask all the students to think of compliments for their classmates, and Beth Bradley picks Imogene Herdman’s name. At first, Beth can’t think of anything good, but soon she begins to see Imogene in a new light. Maybe behind all of the outrageous pranks, there is something good about the Herdmans?

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Winner of the 1997 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award

Buckle up for a wild ride involving a missing gerbil, a crazy cat, and a tattooed baby that will have readers of all ages laughing!

This hilarious novel stars the Herdmans, the worst kids in the world, who made their first appearance in author Barbara Robinson's classic The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.

In The Best School Year Ever, Imogene, Claude, Ralph, Leroy, Ollie, and Gladys Herdman haven’t changed a bit. They still set things on fire and knock the other kids black and blue.

One day the teachers ask all the students to think of compliments for their classmates, and Beth Bradley picks Imogene Herdman’s name. At first, Beth can’t think of anything good, but soon she begins to see Imogene in a new light.

Maybe behind all of the outrageous pranks, there is something good about the Herdmans?

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“The many readers who have laughed out loud at Robinson’s uproarious 1972 novel, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, will enthusiastically welcome the return of the six cigar-smoking Herdman kids…A broader focus [paves] the way for more varied misadventures, virtually all of which the Herdmans craftily orchestrate.” —Publishers Weekly
“[The Best School Year Ever will] have children laughing out loud at the Herdmans’ antics and believing that even such remarkably bad kids have some good qualities…Yet Robinson doesn’t just play the Herdmans for laughs. Beth’s identification of Imogene’s strengths gives the book a level of humanity that makes the novel more than a series of humorous anecdotes. Readers can only hope that the Herdmans will not reform—at least not until after a few more sequels. Few characters in children’s fiction are so unredeemed, so uncivilized, and so out-and-out funny.” —Booklist
“The Herdmans are back in this audio version of Barbara Robinson’s riotous sequel to The Best Christmas Pageant Ever…The vignettes are hilarious. Actress Elaine Stritch’s earthy, worldly, almost boozy voice is perfect for Beth, the narrator. This audiobook is a must-have for school and public library collections. Listeners can only hope that it won’t take another twenty years for the Herdmans to return.” —School Library Journal
“Elaine Stritch lends her dry voice to this recording of the long-awaited sequel to The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Although clearly not a child’s voice, Stritch’s raspy, sardonic tone suits the story well, giving the sense of a wry, old teacher recounting an exaggerated tale of her own school days. Listeners will enjoy hearing the continuing misadventures of the Herdmans so pluckily recounted.” —AudioFile
“Not just your average naughty children, the Herdmans occasionally step over the line into juvenile delinquency—but they do it with such panache that the reader cannot help but be impressed. The Herdmans will delight readers of this spirited sequel.” —Kirkus Reviews

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Author Bio: Barbara Robinson

Author Bio: Barbara Robinson

Barbara Robinson has written several popular books for children, including My Brother Louis Measures Worms, The Best School Year Ever, The Best Halloween Ever, and the enormously popular bestselling novel The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, first published in 1972 and made into a classic television movie. The play The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is produced annually in theaters, schools, and churches all over the world. Ms. Robinson has two daughters and three grandchildren.

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Available Formats : Digital Download
Category: Fiction
Runtime: 2.15
Audience: Children (8–12)
Language: English

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