Genre: Realistic Fiction
Awards: Maryland Children's Book, Virginia Young Readers, Junior Library Guild Selection, Los Angeles Times Children’s Bestsellers List,
Bulletin for the Center of Children’s Books, Recommended Book, Oppenheim Toy Portfolio, Bank Street College, Best Books of 2002
Grade Level: Kindergarten - 2nd
This book is about a young girl named Jean, she is the recess queen. No one is allowed to play with any playground equipment until Mean Jean has played with it all. Mean Jean is portrayed as a bully and no one likes to play with her. One day Katie-Sue, a new girl comes to school and plays with the playground equipment before Mean Jean. Mean Jean is shocked and wants to put Katie- Sue in her place. Katie-Sue does something no one has ever done before, she invited Mean Jean to play with her. Mean Jean ends up playing with Katie-Sue and the two become friends at the end.
I would have this book in my classroom because it discusses the topics of bullying and friendships. This book could be used to introduce how students should respond to bullying, the expectations of the playground, sharing, and being kind to one another. This book could also be used to introduce beginning, middle, and end or how characters undergo change.
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