TITLE:  Late for School 
Author: Steve Martin  Illustrator:
C.F. Payne
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: 2010
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: 2010
Genre: Realistic Fiction            Reading
Level: 3rd grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: A boy woke up late for school. He missed the bus and
ran the whole way to make it on time. He made it just in time only to realize
it was Saturday.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Have each student write one paragraph describing
what they did the past Saturday. 
REVIEWER’S NAME &
AFFILIATION: Brittany Chastain, Valdosta State University ECSE

