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Mean Jean is the biggest bully on the school playground until a new girl arrives and challenges Jean's status as the Recess Queen.
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Scholastic Press (2002), Edition: Illustrated, 32 pages
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LibraryThing member DLWilson1831
This book is a contemporary realistic fiction book. It may also be categorized being named a picture book. This book was about a girl who was a bully on the playground. She would push and hit kids until they were very intimidated by her. Fortunately, a new child came to the school. This child was
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The illustrations and vocabulary are written in a way that it is easy for children to understand. The vocabulary had tone like a song and this helped keep my interest in the subject. I really wanted to read the book to the end because I wanted to see if someone would straighten Jean's attitude out. By the end of the story, Jean found a new friend and realized she doesn't have to be mean to make friends.
I think this book could be used at the beginning of the school year to portray to the students your expectations of them. Teach them that bullying is wrong and there are ways to deal with such a dilemma.
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not intimidated by Mean Jean the Recess Queen. In fact, the new girld helped Jean realize that she could have fund and friends without intimidating and bullying others.I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The illustrations and vocabulary are written in a way that it is easy for children to understand. The vocabulary had tone like a song and this helped keep my interest in the subject. I really wanted to read the book to the end because I wanted to see if someone would straighten Jean's attitude out. By the end of the story, Jean found a new friend and realized she doesn't have to be mean to make friends.
I think this book could be used at the beginning of the school year to portray to the students your expectations of them. Teach them that bullying is wrong and there are ways to deal with such a dilemma.
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LibraryThing member Daceymay
it is cool and good.
LibraryThing member chris.coelho
The Recess Queen is a book about a little girl by the name of Mean Jean who continues to bully kids around the playground. Everybody was scared of Mean Jean, and no kids wanted to play around, or with, Mean Jean as she would mistreat the kids by intimidating and bullying them. All of a sudden a new
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girl comes to school. The new girl, Katie Sue, was unintimidated by Mean Jean, and she wasted no time getting on the playground and doing her own thing. The other kids looked on in fear for Katie Sue, anticipating her doom, waiting for Mean Jean to tear her up. What they did not expect was how Katie Sue treated Mean Jean. To Katie Sue, Mean Jean was just another kid on the playground. After a brief standoff, Katie Sue playfully invites Mean Jean to play with her. Mean Jean obliged, and the other kids followed suit. Eventually the playground was full of happy kids who were unafraid of getting bullied. Show Less
LibraryThing member bissettm
Watch the new girl dethrone the school's bully with kindness and friendship. Teach your students a new spin on conflict resolution and dealing with bullies.
LibraryThing member ambourg7
The Recess Queen is about a mean bully who pushes kids around. One day a new girl comes to class. At recess she plays like she wants and this doesn't work for Mean Jean. She tries to control and bully the new girl but it doesn't happen. The new girl befriends Jean and she's not so mean anymore.
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This is a great book to reason bullying. The illustrations are fun and colorful. Show Less
LibraryThing member gjchauvin504
I thought that this was a great book because it had great humor and pictures fit really well with the words in this book. This book also taught me that there is many things that can happen when you write and this is very important to children because this makes children want to write and this is
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LibraryThing member matthewbloome
This was a nice book and I enjoyed it. It's good for talking about bullying, though the bullying in this one is completely over the top and there is no mention of adult intervention in here. I wonder where the recess monitor was during all of this.
LibraryThing member GailBryant
Great Read-a-loud. Used with Sentence Patterning Chart.
LibraryThing member gsmith3
I wasn't the biggest fan of "The Recess Queen," by Alexis O'Neill. Although I'm sure every school has a "Mean Jean," it still bothers me reading about kids that are bullies. There's no place for it in the classroom or on the playground. In this story no one dared to do anything before "Mean Jean."
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Finally, a new student came to the school who stood up to her and wasn't afraid of being bullied or pushed around. Mean Jean thought she could boss her around but found out things were different with the new girl. I like that someone finally stood up to her and put her in her place. This showed the other students that they could to. By the conclusion of the story everyone was playing together on the playground like kids should, which is the central message of the story. Show Less
LibraryThing member acasca1
I really enjoyed Alexis O'neil's book, The Recess Queen. One thing I liked about it was the illustrations. For example, when Queen Jean is mad she is drawn very big on the page with red cheeks and smoke coming out of her ears. I thought this really enhanced the emotion and mood of the story. I also
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think the language and writing enhances the story as well. The author uses fun and upbeat phrases to keep the story entertaining; such as, "Kickity, kickity, kick," and "swingity, swingity, swing." The big ideas of this book are bullying and friendship. Show Less
LibraryThing member edefra1
The Recess Queen was an entertaining yet powerful book that I liked reading. Two reasons why I liked this book was how the characters were depicted and how it pushes readers. This book had various characters in it but the main character was depicted as the bully, she was larger than everyone else
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and had the power on the playground. Everyone copied what she did and she was the most powerful student in the grade. Her character could relate to various bullies that students are exposed to. This book also pushed readers to think about bullying and friendship. It can tell students to be their own persona and to not give into peer pressure. The message of this book has to do with friendship, and that everyone needs a friend. Show Less
LibraryThing member saralasalle
Cute book with cute illustrations
LibraryThing member tzarate
The Recess Queen talks about a girl who bullies all of her classmates at recess times and no one is allowed to do something if this girl hasn't done it. A new girl comes to school and changes everything that goes on by not following the rules of the recess queen. They both become really good
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friends at the end and the bullying stops. Show Less
LibraryThing member Chavila
Cute Cute book,great illustrations, very colorful. Shows how a tiny kid stand up to bully, a mean kid during recess. funny Rhyming words,
LibraryThing member MelissaKlatt
Summary: Mean Jean is the bully of the classroom. She makes fun of all her classmates and seems to get all her fun from picking on others. One day, a new student comes to the school named Katie Sue. Katie Sue doesn't know about Mean Jean and is busy being silly on the playground. She asks Mean Jean
Personal reflection: I liked this book because it shows that some people only make fun of other people because they are lonely and don't have any friends. I think it brings real classroom situations into context.
Class use: I would use this book for a bullying text set and I would use it to read aloud and ask the students how important friendship is in the classroom. I would also have students conduct a chart of the personality traits of Mean Jean to get a good understanding of character concepts.
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to play and Mean Jean is extremely surprised, but likes the idea of having a friend.Personal reflection: I liked this book because it shows that some people only make fun of other people because they are lonely and don't have any friends. I think it brings real classroom situations into context.
Class use: I would use this book for a bullying text set and I would use it to read aloud and ask the students how important friendship is in the classroom. I would also have students conduct a chart of the personality traits of Mean Jean to get a good understanding of character concepts.
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LibraryThing member NiinaMariie
I think this is a great book to use for teaching students about bullying. This is very real and crucial for students to understand at an early age. Great book for elementary students.
LibraryThing member allieburks
Illustrations: acrylics and collage. This book is about a little girl names Mean Jean who ruled the playground. She was mean to all the other kids on the playground, pushing them down and bullying them around. Then one day, a new girl named Katie Sue came to the school and didn't give into Mean
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Jean's meanness. In the end, Katie Sue gets Mean Jean to jump rope with her and everybody becomes friends. This book is realistic fiction because it is a story that is very likely to actually happen. There are always mean kids at school and this story illustrates what can happen on the playground realistically. The setting of this book is realistic as well: a school and a playground. Age appropriateness: intermediate. Show Less
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
32 p.; 11.5 inches
ISBN
0439206375 / 9780439206372