What Do Teachers Do (After You Leave the School)?

Once all the students have gone home, how do the teachers spend their time? Discover the answer when Miss Diane reads What Do Teachers Do (After You Leave School)? by Anne Bowen.

What Do Teachers Do (After You Leave School)?
written by Anne Bowen, illustrated by Barry Gott
published by Carolrhoda Books, copyright 2006

“What Do Teachers Do (after You Leave School)?” by Anne Bowen, illustrated by Barry Gott. Text copyright © 2006 by Anne Bowen. Illustrations copyright © 2006 by Barry Gott. Reprinted with the permission of Carolrhoda Books, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this text excerpt may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.

Direct link: teachers.mp3
Total time: 3:47 minutes

ETA: Link to mp3 recording removed per agreement with publisher. Please see our list of other titles featuring school and teachers.

Rattletrap Car

It is a hot day, and Poppa and the kids decide to go to the lake to cool off. Unfortunately, their car may not make it. What will they do when it breaks down? Will they ever get to the lake? Miss Diane reads Phyllis Root’s Rattletrap Car.

Rattletrap Car
written by Phyllis Root, illustrated by Jill Barton
published by Candlewick Press, copyright 2001

RATTLETRAP CAR. Text copyright © 2001 by Phyllis Root. Illustrations copyright © by Jill Barton. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Inc., Cambridge, MA.

Direct link: rattletrap.mp3
Total time: 4:39 minutes

ETA: Link to mp3 recording removed per agreement with publisher.

Ten In the Bed

Can ten animals sleep in one bed? Find out what happens when one little animal just wants the others to “move over.” Miss Diane reads Jane Cabrera’s book Ten In the Bed.

Ten In the Bed
written & illustrated by Jane Cabrera
published by Holiday House, copyright 2006

Text and illustrations copyright © 2006 by Jane Cabrera. All rights reserved. First published in Great Britain by Gullane Children’s Books, an imprint of Pinwheel Limited, Winchester House, 259-269 Old Marylebone Road, London NW1 5XJ. First published in the United States of America by Holiday House, Inc. in 2006. Used by permission of Holiday House, Inc.

Direct link: ten_bed.mp3
Total time: 2:13 minutes