The Landry News
Illustrator
Salvatore Murdocca
Publisher
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication Year
1999
ISBN
9780689828683
Pages
144 pages
Genre
realism
Format
chapter book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
The bad news is that Cara Landry is the new kid at Denton Elementary School. The worse news is that her teacher, Mr. Larson, would rather read the paper and drink coffee than teach his students anything. So Cara decides to give Mr. Larson something else to read: her own newspaper, The Landry News. Before she knows it, the whole fifth-grade class is in on the project. But then the principal finds a copy of The Landry News, with unexpected results. Tomorrow's headline: Will Cara's newspaper cost Mr. Larson his job?
Grade Level
3-5
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Divorce; divorced parents
Main Character
girl
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
divorced parents
Awards
Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for PreK-Grade 6, 13th Edition, 2002
Best Children's Books of the Year, 2000
Children's Catalog, Eighteenth Edition, 2001
Children's Catalog, Nineteenth Edition, 2006
Children's Literature Choice List, 2000
Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts, 2000
School Library Journal Best Books, 1999
Golden Sower Award, 2002-2003
Nominee
Reading Olympics Booklist, 2013
None
Texas Bluebonnet Award, 2001-2002
Master List
The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award, 2001, Honor
Maine Student Book Award, 2001, 3rd Place
Parents' Choice Award, 1999, Silver, Story Book
Society of School Librarians International Book Awards, 1999, Honor, Language Arts K-6 Novels
William Allen White Children's Book Award, 2002, Winner, Grades 3-5
Keywords
newspaper; teacher; new school
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Clements, Andrew, "The Landry News" (1999). Diverse Families. 1006.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1006