A fun, rhyming story about a young boy attending school for the first time in 1754. His school room is full of boyish antics, a stern headmaster, and the challenge of learning to read. We see the ins and outs of the school day from autumn to spring.

Lively staccato text describes life in a one-room schoolhouse.

This story is told in rhyme and gives an insight into schools back in Colonial Times. I liked it a lot!

Going to school in the mid-18th century. ( )

Written in rhyming couplets, two boys share their experience in a one-room school house during the colonial period. The simple text and watercolor and gouache paintings provide readers with quite a bit of information on what school and life was like in colonial America. Children will be able to relate to the brothers constant teasing and fighting and the joys and struggles of attending school. An author's note is included at the end and suggests a possible source for the phrase "playing hooky". A good choice for a Social Studies unit on colonial America or a compare and contrast lesson on past and present times. Suggested grade level : K-5 ( )