Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Gets Slimed!

Post date: Jun 27, 2012 9:49:52 PM

Phineas L. MacGuire's Three Goals for Fourth Grade:

1. To be the best fourth-grade scientist ever.

2. To be the best fourth-grade scientist ever.

3. To be the best fourth-grade scientist ever.

The focus is MOLD. I showed this book to classes back during library orientations:

Yes, that is mold. Mold is an enemy to library books. Mold is an enemy to our lungs. However, Phineas wants to start a mold museum in his school because he thinks mold is cool. First, he has to help his friend Ben become class president. Then, to get fellow scientiest, Aretha, to help he must help her grow penicillin. How does he get himself into all this mess?

This is a laugh-out-loud-funny-with-a-scientific-twist book. There are even recipes at the end for growing mold! Read Phineas L. MacGuire. . . Gets Slimed! by Frances O'Roark Dowell.