As educators, we often take ourselves a bit too seriously, so veteran educator and illustrator Aaron Bacall offers a little perspective with these lighthearted cartoons. Whether used as overheads for staff development meetings or as an individual break in a busy day, this collection of whimsical glimpses at teaching will provide a moment to laugh and add a little levity?and poignancy?to your workday.

Intended to amuse, inspire, and reveal the simple truths that surround us, these illustrations are ideal for:

Staff training days
Conference presentations
Classroom lectures
Community meetings
Internal communications

?and they will continue reminding us that we can laugh at almost anything!

Aaron Bacall's works have appeared in many publications: The School Administrator, Technology & Learning, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and Reader's Digest. He has worked as a teacher, a principal curriculum writer for the New York City Board of Education, an antibiotic research chemist, and now as a full-time cartoonist. He is a member of The National Cartoonist Society and is on the Board of Governors of the Cartoonists Association.

Table of Contents:

This collection of whimsical glimpses at teaching will provide a moment to laugh and add a little levity--and poignancy--to your workday.

Humorous verses

Humor, cartoons

Other textbooks in English

Special education and educational methods

Further readings in pedagogy

Humorous verses (charity campaign)

Humor, cartoons (charity campaign)

Other textbooks in English (charity campaign)

Special education and educational methods (charity campaign)

Further readings in pedagogy (charity campaign)

The Lighter Side of Teaching

This collection of whimsical glimpses at teaching will provide a moment to laugh and add a little levity--and poignancy--to your workday.