Jonathan Cleaned Up - Then He Heard a Sound (Robert Munsch)

 

This is a typical silly Robert Munsch story. The title though. Come on Robert Munsch! It sounds like one my students would make up and then my response would be, "Well, let's shorten it up a bit." 

Then again, who am I to criticize Robert Munsch?!

These days, during the pandemic and election woes, the story touched a nerve with complaining to the mayor and then finding out that he doesn't know a thing, the computer isn't working and there's one long person running the whole show behind the scenes. In the end, when the train stop moves to the mayor's office, that seemed like just deserts. 

I didn't really have much of a curriculum connection to this one. It was just fun, which seemed right on our first day back to learning after winter break....only this week are doing it online! Thank you pandemic.

Goodreads says:

A subway stops in Jonathan’s apartment, and out pour thousands of commuters and their litter.