Hats Off to Mr. Boar

Hats Off to Mr. Boar, book 2 of 3 in the Cocky Chicks Series, dramatizes in rhyme a fifth-grade teacher’s worse nightmare.

Before it’s too late, will someone stop those cocky chicks from their disastrous fate.

six illustrations,
less than fifty words per page,
eye-appealing formatting, and a glossary defining text-underlined words.

All year long principal/teacher Mr. Cock-Rooster exercises no clout which the cocky chicks don’t want their parents to find out. To them, each school day is a holiday. It is sad to say, but they manage to string their tomfoolery into early May. But ah, upon sighting a feared figure sauntering through their classroom door, they gasp, then tilt their heads to the floor.
Hats Off to Mr. Boar, showcases a conscientious teacher’s grit, patience, and wisdom. For eight months straight, Mr. Boar, the fifth-grade teacher at Pine Township Elementary School, tolerates the rowdy-ruckus roar occurring daily in the classroom next door. Having no authority to interfere, he can do naught but persevere. That is until the opportunity arises. Then for the out-of-line cocky chicks, a lesson, in reality, he devises.
Afterward, looking forward to summertime pleasure, the cocky chicks give little thought to Mr. Boar’s warning measure. But wait. One bedraggled girl sees his intervention as divine. How his lecture changes her world is told in Korte’s last parody, My Mind Is Totally Mine.
Besides being fun to read, this rhyming parody also promotes diversity, builds vocabulary, teaches valuable life lessons, and emphasizes the importance of education.