Another satisfying installment in this series for newly independent readers. School Library Journal

Miss Cherry is out sick, and Iris's grandpa isthesubstitute teacher!Iris loves beingthespecial helper on Grandpa's first day in the classroom.But when her teacher is absentagain,Iris discovers that sharingGrandpawith everyone else inthe class ismuch harder than shethought it would be.Expressive full-color illustrations help move newly indepedent readers seamlesslyfrom oneeasy-to-read chapter to the next.