The Valentine Star (Kids of Polk Street School)

This story is about a girl named Emily and her teacher Mrs.Rooney. Her class is playing in the snow. There are two characters named Emily and Sherri that don't like each other.The day Mrs.Rooney wasn't there is because she took a couple days off.Then Mrs.Rooney found a subsitute, her name was Mrs.Vincent ,and Emily really wants to meet her , and she wants to dress nice for that day so that she will like her and Sherri copied Emily with the idea she had.Then Emily got mad,then Emily was in charge because Mrs.Vincent put her in charge while shes going to get something.So Emily caught Sherri playing around with Richard and Emily put Sherrie's name on the board , and Sherri just ignored and didn't listen and just kept talking then when Mrs.Vincent returned and she looked at whose name was on the board . Mrs.Vincent said ''Thank you Emily for keeping an eye on the class''.The next day after school Emily, Sherri and Mrs.Vincent were making a card for Mrs.Rooney, but they ran out of paper so Mrs.Vincent went to get some more paper ,as she left Emily and Sherri , Then they started to talk to each other ,and they decided to be friends again.When Mrs.Vincent came back with paper she was happy Emily and Sherri became friends again . The next day Mrs.Rooney returned and she got Emily's valentina card and she was pleased to get a card from Emily. When it was Valentines day it was time to get all the cards, and pass them out to everyone and Emily made a card a special card for Sherri Dent .I enjoyed reading this book because it talks about Valentines Day

i read this book when i was much younger, but recently came across it again. the story is amusing and the characters are endearing. it's a wonderful read for kids, and big kids too!