Harriet Huxtable and the Trouble with Teachers
- ISBN-10
- 1862915164
- ISBN-13
- 9781862915169
- Category
- Teacher-student relationships
- Pages
- 138
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Author
- Louise Pike
Description
Fiction for young readers about Harriet Huxtable's attempt to keep her favourite teacher, Mr Penny, at her school. Mr Penny has to look for a job at another school, and Mr Rugless, the relief teacher, is awful. Harriet figures that if she can find Mr Penny a wife, he will have to stay - so begins the Great Wife Hunt. Previously published is 'Harriet Huxtable and the Purpose of Rats'.
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