My Weird School Special: Hip, Hip, Hooray! Every Day Is a Holiday!

Ages 6 to 10, Grades 1 to 5

When the president of the Board of Education cancels all school holidays at Ella Mentry School, A.J. and the gang will have to work with the teachers to figure out what weird-but-real holidays they can observe. This My Weird School Special features extra pages of puzzles, games, and more!

Winter break is over, and it’s another five months until summer vacation! A.J. and his friends aren’t looking forward to school starting back up, but they’re even less excited when Dr. Carbles, president of the Board of Education, cancels ALL school holidays. No Presidents' Day, no Memorial Day, and forget about any snow days.Morale is down, but Mrs. Roopy, the librarian, has a trick up her sleeve. Instead of celebrating traditional holidays, the school will celebrate real holidays that no one has ever heard of! Will the kids be able to save the year with their fun festivities or will Dr. Carbles’s anti-holiday agenda win out?

About the Author

Dan Gutman is the New York Times bestselling author of the Genius Files series; the Baseball Card Adventure series, which has sold more than 1.5 million copies around the world; and the My Weird School series, which has sold more than 35 million copies. Thanks to his many fans who voted in their classrooms, Dan has received nineteen state book awards and ninety-two state book award nominations. He lives in New York City with his wife. You can visit him online at dangutman.com.Jim Paillot lives in Arizona (another weird place) with his weird wife and two weird children. Isn’t that weird? You can visit him on his weird website at jimpaillot.com.