What Teachers Can’t Do by Douglas Wood (2002) is a fun twist on a well worn theme. Doug Cushman’s dinosaurs complement the silliness of the text. “Teachers can spell ‘Mississippi’ and ‘encyclopedia.’ But they can’t spell ‘CAT.’” Of course, they don’t spell cat or add 2+2 because they want their students to. Teachers can’t sit in little chairs or go down the tube slide either. And we can see there’s no way Cushman’s teacher dinosaurs with those enormous tails can do much. Luckily, this is one of a series. I look forward to reading what Moms and Dads can’t do.
