{"id":330475,"date":"2025-12-04T15:07:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T15:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/mr-s-jess-reviews-a-book\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T15:07:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T15:07:25","slug":"mr-s-jess-reviews-a-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=330475","title":{"rendered":"Mr. S | Jess Reviews a Book"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Title:<\/strong>\u00a0Mr. S
Author\/Illustrator:\u00a0<\/strong>Monica Arnaldo
Published By:<\/strong>\u00a0Katherine Tegen Books, 2023<\/p>\n

I have to admit something: I\u2019m a huge fan of funny picture books. I know lots of people prefer emotionally resonant ones, or ones that teach lessons or are quiet and peaceful\u2026and I like those ones too. But deep in my heart there lives a little five year old who just wants to read something absolutely silly and hilarious. And this book delivers.<\/p>\n

I read it to Lily while we were waiting in the parking lot to see her orthodontist. We were, as usual, fifteen minutes early. I can either be fifteen minutes early or five minutes late, there is no in-between. So I opt for early. I had a large bag of library books sitting in the passenger seat (as you do), and I decided to read them to Lily to pass the time.<\/p>\n

This was the favourite.<\/p>\n

Mr. S is a totally off-beat story of the first day of school. It features a class of kids who are new to this whole \u2018school\u2019 thing. When they arrive in their classroom, it appears their teacher has stepped out. There is, however, a sandwich on the teacher\u2019s desk and a name on the board: \u201cMr. S.\u201d <\/p>\n

It gradually dawns on the students that maybe the sandwich IS their teacher \u2014 the \u2018S\u2019 stands for Sandwich! Mr. Sandwich! With this in mind, they proceed through their lessons and have quite an enjoyable morning at school.<\/p>\n

Throughout the story, we, the reader, can see out the classroom window. We see a man (who, uncoincidentally, was the person who wrote \u2018Mr. S\u2019 on the board before leaving in a huge hurry) experiencing a multitude of difficulties in the parking lot (a tree falls on his car, a pizza guy gets his pizzas stolen by raccoons, the car gets struck by lightning\u2026you know, the usual stuff that happens in parking lots). The reader (well, this reader) assumes that the man in the parking lot is the real teacher\u2026<\/p>\n

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When the man eventually reenters the classroom, he introduces himself as Mr. Spencer, the PRINCIPAL. And he introduces the kids to their teacher \u2014 Mr. S! The SANDWICH!<\/p>\n

Aaaa! You guys, I absolutely laughed out loud when I read this. What a wonderful surprise \u2014 the author decided to give in to the craziness of the story and just allow the teacher to be a sandwich. Why not?!<\/p>\n

And then, because this story is absolutely hilarious, the second-to-last page has Mr. S correcting the kids \u2014 his name isn\u2019t Mr. Sandwich, it\u2019s\u2026<\/p>\n

Well, I don\u2019t know what it is. Because on the end pages, we see the staff photos, but Mr. S\u2019 name has been obscured with mustard.<\/p>\n

Aside from a really funny story, this book is also full of beautiful art. I really love the style Ms. Arnaldo used when drawing the kids (and sandwich). Their wide-eyed expressiveness suits the story just perfectly!<\/p>\n

This book is fantastic. If you\u2019re looking for a really unique \u2018first-day-of-school\u2019 book, this is the one. (And, yes, I know we\u2019re much closer to the end of the school year than the beginning, but\u2026well\u2026you can\u2019t always time when you\u2019re going to find an excellent picture book).<\/p>\n

Five sandwiches out of five. (Lily says \u201cFive gluten-free sandwiches out of five.\u201d Fair enough.)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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