Books like Miss Nelson Is Missing!
By Harry Allard
Kids who love Miss Nelson Is Missing! love the moment that classroom realizes their sweet teacher is gone and someone way scarier has taken her place. There's real dread mixed in with the giggles, right up until the last page. The books below bring that same wicked little thrill.
Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell shares that funny mood and the same heart for responsibility with Miss Nelson Is Missing!.
Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman shares that funny mood and the same rhyming read-aloud feel with Miss Nelson Is Missing!.
Same tantrum-then-relief shape, but Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems shrinks the stakes down to one missing bunny and a laundromat.
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood shares that funny mood and the same heart for responsibility with Miss Nelson Is Missing!.
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes shares that funny mood and the same simple text read-aloud feel with Miss Nelson Is Missing!.
Strega Nona by Tomie de Paola shares that funny mood and the same heart for responsibility with Miss Nelson Is Missing!.
For the kid who felt singled out at school, Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes sits with that sting longer before it turns around.
Nobody vanishes and nobody gets scared straight, but the warm, funny family mess is close cousin to the mood Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor leaves behind.
Please, Baby, Please by Spike Lee shares that funny mood and the same rhyming read-aloud feel with Miss Nelson Is Missing!.
The Mitten by Jan Brett shares that funny mood and the same simple text read-aloud feel with Miss Nelson Is Missing!.
No costume, no twist ending. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst just lets a kid be grumpy about a bad day and calls it honest.
