What happens when your class thinks their teacher lives at school?
The Week Our Teacher Escaped, is a vibrant rhyming educational picture book that brings laughter, curiosity, and meaningful classroom discussion to life.
Follow one class across the week as they spot their teacher out in the real world snorkelling, shopping, relaxing, and living life beyond the classroom. What begins as a funny discovery quickly opens the door to something deeper: understanding, empathy, connection.
Why teachers love this book:
Supports literacy development through rhythm, rhyme, and rich vocabulary
Explicit language features including alliteration and onomatopoeia
Days of the week structure reinforces early sequencing and time concepts
Perfect for read-aloud sessions - Engaging, predictable and fun
Encourages social-emotional learning and perspective-taking
Perfect for:
Foundation/Kindy - Year 4 (and beyond)
Literacy blocks & mentor text exploration
Relief teacher lessons (easy, engaging and no prep)
End of year class reads or teacher gifts
Home reading and bedtime laughs
Loved by both classrooms and families, this story delivers the perfect balance of humour and heart, while reminding children that teachers are people too.
Additional teacher resources coming soon, including curriculum-aligned activities to extend learning beyond the story.
Loved the storyline and the rhyme. Read it to students from K-3 and they all loved it
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Miss B
Great classroom addition
This book is such a fun read! My class ask for it in the mornings, just before we do our days of the week song. The illustrations encourage lots of discussions and we love that there is diversity in the characters. It rhymes perfectly and the kids can help me read it too.
M
Melinda
A beautifully written and illustrated story that is the perfect gift for teacher friends and their little ones. A delightfully engaging book that brings smiles to the faces of adults and kids alike.
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S.G.
Loved the storyline and the rhyme. Read it to students from K-3 and they all loved it
The Week Our Teacher Escaped: Educational Picture Book
Miss B
Great classroom addition
This book is such a fun read! My class ask for it in the mornings, just before we do our days of the week song. The illustrations encourage lots of discussions and we love that there is diversity in the characters. It rhymes perfectly and the kids can help me read it too.
The Week Our Teacher Escaped: Educational Picture Book
Melinda
A beautifully written and illustrated story that is the perfect gift for teacher friends and their little ones. A delightfully engaging book that brings smiles to the faces of adults and kids alike.
The Week Our Teacher Escaped: Educational Picture Book
Nicola Tonkin
Cleverly written food for thought for our kids!
The Week Our Teacher Escaped: Educational Picture Book
Gail Miller
Just wonderful! I loved reading this with my girls and to the year 2s I work with. Their eyes were glued to the gorgeous pictures and we had big discussions whether the teacher did sleep at school! A magical creation and can’t wait to see what’s next!
The Week Our Teacher Escaped: Educational Picture Book
This book is such a fun read! My class ask for it in the mornings, just before we do our days of the week song. The illustrations encourage lots of discussions and we love that there is diversity in the characters. It rhymes perfectly and the kids can help me read it too.
A beautifully written and illustrated story that is the perfect gift for teacher friends and their little ones. A delightfully engaging book that brings smiles to the faces of adults and kids alike.
