Mean Jean was Recess Queen
and nobody said any different.
Nobody swung until Mean Jean swung.
Nobody kicked until Mean Jean kicked.
Nobody bounced until Mean Jean bounced.
If kids ever crossed her, she'd push 'em and smoosh 'em
lollapaloosh 'em, hammer 'em, slammer 'em
kitz and kajammer 'em.
Until a new kid came to school!
With her irrepressible spirit, the new girl dethrones the reigning recess bully by becoming her friend in this infectious playground romp.

This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised in the Primary School category by the Virginia Readers Choice Award. It was recognised in the Grades K-3 category by the Golden Sower Award. It also was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Georgia Children's Book Award. It was recognised by the Buckaroo Book Award. Also it was recognised in the Picture Book category by the South Carolina Childrens Junior and Young Adult Book Award. It was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Nevada Young Readers' Award. It was recognised in the Picture Book category by the North Carolina Children's Book Award.

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2002 by Scholastic US .

This is Alexis O'Neill's first picture book. She began her career as a primary school teacher and now designs education programmes for museums. She lives in California with her husband David and her three naughty cats. Nancy Carpenter is a very successful and innovative artist. Her art for Loud Emily incorporates elements of the naive style of nineteenth-century American paintings and portraits. Nancy lives in New York. Laura Huliska-Beith is the illustrator of The Goodnight Train (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), 10 Little Ladybugs (Dalmatian), The Recess Queen (Scholastic), and dozens of other children's books. She lives with her husband and three dogs in Kansas City, MO.