Ms. Misery

About the Book

The book is about what happens when children don’t listen to their teachers. They go to a very, very mean teacher named Ms. Misery who doesn’t care anything about children. She makes their lives miserable like herself. If the children misbehave in her class she sends them to be eaten by the Cookie Monster. More importantly, the book is about how important it is for children to listen to and respect their teachers. The book also have rhyming words and your children will enjoy counting backwards. My idea of this book started from an incident that happened to another student in another classroom. A teacher asked the student do he want to go to the classroom in the basement. There are no classrooms in the basement. The student stated that he didn’t want to go; therefore, the teacher took him back to his class for naptime.

About the Author

My name is Patricia Cowans. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. I went to Edward R. Murrow High School. After graduating from H.S., I entered the workforce for about a year. The following year I went to Brooklyn College where I obtained my B.A. and M.S. degree in Education. Currently, I work with Preschool children in a Head Start Agency. I always had a great love for children; however, my love for writing began as a teacher over 10 years ago. When I started teaching, I needed to write many anecdotes on my students. Over the years, I have written many wonderful observations of my students. It was at that time, I started to develop a love for writing. I have also written articles for a Christian Newspaper and a Newsletter.