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Itchy Richard, Jamie Gilson ; illustrated by Diane de Groat

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Itchy Richard

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Jamie Gilson ; illustrated by Diane de Groat

Second graders and their teacher experience an outbreak of head lice. A sensitive story about the social implications of head lice. Most of the children in Richard's second-grade class have heard of head lice, and some of them have contracted them. Richard is mortified to discover that he may have the itchy creatures in his own hair (he doesn't). With the support of family and a neat teacher, Mrs. Zookey (even her name is cool), Richard and his friends come to understand "cooties." Written with a knowledge of what makes children of this age uncomfortable--anything that singles them out socially--this book is the perfect length for readers beginning chapter books

juvenile