Miss Laney is Zany! by Dan Gutman

I'm continuing my research into currently popular children's fiction series.  Dan Gutman's My Weird School is among the most frequently requested by the elementary set.   This particular book had a silly straight-forward plot, some great wordplay, and kids who can get the better of adults.  After reading it, I'm not surprised it's popular, particularly among the boys.  The characters are all wacky, gripe about the usual school headaches and traumas, and they even get to say jerky things now and then.   I suspect that the books are formulaic (as is much of series fiction), but that can be helpful to new readers.  Anything that excites a new reader to pick up one book after another is fine by me.