Frazz by Jef Mallett follows the adventures of an unexpected role model: an elementary-school janitor who's also a Renaissance man. While he's sweeping the hall, he's whistling Beethoven. Or Lyle Lovett. He paints the woodwork in the classrooms; he paints a Da Vinci on the cafeteria wall. He's a trusted authority figure who is every kid's buddy. He took the janitor's job while he was a struggling songwriter, and when he finally sold a hit song, he decided to stay on at school. Frazz appears in 200 newspapers worldwide, including the Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times, Chicago Tribune and Detroit News. "A few years back, I wrote and illustrated a children's book," says Mallett. "When I was traveling around reading it at school assemblies, I noticed that often, the most respected, best-liked grown-up in the building was the janitor. And I thought, 'Hmm, there's a comic strip in that.'" Often praised for its intelligent wit, gentle spirit and effortless diversity, Frazz won a Wilbur Award from the Religion Communicators Council in 2003 and 2005 for excellence in communicating values and ethics.
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Alexikakos said, about 17 hours ago
Notice, she didn’t say that had to work any of the problems in the math workbooks.
Nabuquduriuzhur said, about 16 hours ago
Long as it’s not the unabridged catcher in the rye. We had to read that tripe in high school and one wonders how many readers it turned off with “
$&” “&*($(” “$#^&” Sheesh, what is it with boomers calling cusswords every 3 words a “classic”?Richard S. Russell said, about 16 hours ago
Science, math, and reading, cuz we gotta do well on all those externally imposed standardized tests next year, and those are the only things they test for, so be sure to stay away from sports, art, music, geography, history, civics, or anything of any practical value in your everyday lives. Test scores! Test scores! Gotta focus on what’s important!
Alexikakos said, about 16 hours ago
@Nabuquduriuzhur
I’m with you on “Catcher In The Rye.!”
emjaycee said, about 15 hours ago
Huh. I did not know there was an abridged version of “The Catcher in the Rye”.
AshburnStadium said, about 14 hours ago
@Nabuquduriuzhur
“Centennial” by James A. Michener is also a classic, and it contains occasional curse words, such as “Twenty dollars and you can kick the bull$#!+ thing all the way to Philadelphia.”
beymly said, about 14 hours ago
People, your ignorance appalls me!!!
sonorhC said, about 12 hours ago
My problem with Catcher in the Rye wasn’t the profanity. It was just the fact that it was so boring.
masterskrain said, about 12 hours ago
I never had a teacher assign a summer reading list, thank goodness.
kroykali said, about 11 hours ago
I never, never had the same teachers the next year as I did the previous. Also, with many families moving with parents changing jobs, many kids would not be returning to the same school. So, a teacher assigning homework over the summer vacation makes absolutely no sense.
langchris70 said, about 11 hours ago
“I think that’s the only face she’s got.”
And it is UH – gly.
rshive said, about 11 hours ago
@masterskrain
Nor I. I think it’s a more modern invention.
frumdebang said, about 10 hours ago
My only vacation reading was the summer editions of My Weekly Reader.
jessegooddoggy said, about 10 hours ago
Thank you, dear Mrs. Olsen, for including science books.
Doctor Toon
said, about 10 hours ago
I was never assigned a summer reading list but that never stopped me from doing LOTS of reading over summer vacation