Rescuing Mrs. Birdley

PreS-Gr 1–Miranda Montgomery considers herself an animal expert—after all, she is a devotee of the “Nature Joe Animal Show” and has studied his techniques in detail. If there is one thing she has learned, it’s that animals should always live in their natural habitat. Imagine Miranda’s surprise and glee when she discovers one such animal outside its regular environment. Mrs. Birdley, Miranda’s teacher, is at the grocery store when she clearly belongs in her classroom. Miranda is all systems go and after a few botched and very humorous capture attempts, she is able to secure Mrs. Birdley in a trash can and roll her back to school. Miranda then proceeds to lock her teacher in a classroom. However, there is no rest for young Miranda because the very next day she spies her principal at the hardware store. Well, what’s an animal expert to do?