One day, Mr. Keene called all the students and teachers together and said, "This is a fine, fine school From now on, let's have school on Saturdays too." And then there was more. School all weekend. School on the holidays. School in the SUMMER What was next . . . SCHOOL AT NIGHT? So it's up to Tillie to show her well-intentioned principal, Mr. Keene, that even though his fine, fine school is a wonderful place, it's not fine, fine to be there all the time.
Mr. Keene是Fine Elementary School的校长。他每天巡视学校，看着每个小朋友上课、阅读、写作、画画，做劳作。
"我们的学生真棒，我们的老师真棒，我们的学校真棒。" Mr.Keene这样说着，他对一切既自豪又满意。

有一天，Mr.Keene给了全校师生一个惊喜。他宣布："我们的学校实在太棒了！所以，星期六大家来学校上课！"
你说有谁会想要星期六上学呢？不只是学生，就连老师们也不想星期六来学校上课。

可是，没有人知道该怎么和Mr.Keene说出自己心里的想法。
就这样，大家星期六也只好来学校上课了。
过了不久，Mr.Keene再次给了大家一个惊喜。周休二日，没了。因为－－星期日也要来学校上课！
再过了一个月，又是一个痛苦的大惊喜：国定假日、节日、圣诞节、感恩节也要上学！
即使大家心里都百般不情愿，每个人都愁眉苦脸的上学，可是还是没有人和Mr.Keene说他们谁也不想星期六星期日国定假日圣诞节感恩节都来学校上课。

最惊人的还在后头，一个月之后，Mr.Keene在朝会时间又给了大家一个超大震撼弹。 "我发现我们这所学校真的太棒了！我们要把握任何时刻学习。从现在开始，学校不再放暑假，暑假也要来学校上课！" Mr.Keene兴奋地说。
全校师生差点都要昏倒了！不，其实有一些人已经昏倒了。

学习真的是好重要的一件事。可是仔细想想，上课吸收知识，难道是生活中唯一重要，唯一值得去做的一件事吗？

On weekends, redheaded Tillie climbs trees and teaches her little brother how to skip. During the week, of course, she goes to school. Her principal, Mr. Keene, is the kind of gung ho leader any school would be lucky to have. That is, until he goes a little over the top. "Oh!" he says. "Aren't these fine children? Aren't these fine teachers? Isn't this a fine, fine school?" And then this exuberant administrator decides five days isn't nearly enough for such a fine school. "From now on, let's have school on Saturdays, too!" The teachers and students are not thrilled, but no one is willing to burst Mr. Keene's bubble. Soon their well-meaning principal has done away with weekends, holidays, and summer vacation. It's time for someone to take action... gently, though. Young Tillie has just the right amount of subtlety and tact--and motivation--for the job.
Sharon Creech is the bestselling author of many fine, fine books for kids and teens, including the Newbery Medal-winning Walk Two Moons, and a Newbery Honor Book, The Wanderer. Wonderfully clever touches by the illustrator, award-winning New Yorker cartoonist and cover artist Harry Bliss, include signs in the cafeteria ("Why not study while you chew?") and the priceless expressions on students' and teachers' faces as Principal Keene announces yet another plan to increase school daze. Wonderful! (Ages 6 to 10) --Emilie Coulter

这是一本写给大人的书，让孩子成天的无止境的学习，FINE,FINE吗？什么事情都是过犹不及啊。