The new teacher by Dominique Demers

Mademoiselle Charlotte, the new teacher, isn’t like the others: she wears a large hat and a crumpled dress that makes her look like a scarecrow, and she talks to a rock. The children think she’s crazy at first, but soon realise she makes school more fun – getting them to measure the room with cooked spaghetti in maths class, telling fascinating stories about a gorilla and even taking the pupils on at football!