I ended up not finishing book 2 and didn't bother with book 3, but I still love book 1 which is what my rating is based on. How can there be two other books if the kids are good now? It turns out that in the second book, the kids have all but forgotten Nurse Matilda and are all naughty again! And their parents have adopted a ton of children so there are even more! Nurse Matilda comes back and the whole thing starts over again (with many of the same phrases and very similar scenarios.) I think that young kids might not mind the similarities and repetitive situations (maybe 5 and 6 year olds?) but I think older kids would get bored. Show More Matilda makes magic happen, and try to keep track of how many kids there are- 'There were so many of them (children) that I shan't even tell you their names but leave you to sort them out as you go along, and add up how many there were.' When the book ends, all the children are now well behaved and no longer need Nurse Matilda, so she leaves to help another group of naughty children. Description: 382 pages, 8 pages of plates. Each student could come up with their own 'magical' cure to rid themselves of the bad habit.and they could come up with a realistic cure as well to try out. Nanny McPhee : the collected tales of Nurse Matilda / by Christianna Brand illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. The story could lead to writing prompts asking students to write about their own bad habits. This would be a fun book for teachers to read out loud a chapter a day. Evangeline is given clothes, education etc beyond her class, and she is released from her lower status within the servants as the one the other servants 'put-upon.'

Evangeline had been the family's put-upon tweeny-maid but is then taken by Aunt Adelaide to be raised in 'proper' society. Another aspect of class that the book deals with is with the power (or lack of power) regarding the different levels of servants. Part of the Browns' issues, of course, is the huge family. This can happen in upper classes where part of the family still lives an upper-class existence but doesn't have the means to support it. The Browns are of the same class as Adelaide but they still suffer from money issues. Show More promises to give them money in inheritance, but only if they do as she says.

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