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的校長。他每天巡視學校，看著每個小朋友上課、閱讀、寫作、畫畫，做勞作。
"我們的學生真棒，我們的老師真棒，我們的學校真棒。" Mr.Keene這樣說著，他對一切既自豪又滿意。

有一天，Mr.Keene給了全校師生一個驚喜。他宣布："我們的學校實在太棒了！所以，星期六大家來學校上課！"
你說有誰會想要星期六上學呢？不只是學生，就連老師們也不想星期六來學校上課。

可是，沒有人知道該怎么和Mr.Keene說出自己心里的想法。
就這樣，大家星期六也只好來學校上課了。
過了不久，Mr.Keene再次給了大家一個驚喜。周休二日，沒了。因為－－星期日也要來學校上課！
再過了一個月，又是一個痛苦的大驚喜：國定假日、節日、圣誕節、感恩節也要上學！
即使大家心里都百般不情愿，每個人都愁眉苦臉的上學，可是還是沒有人和Mr.Keene說他們誰也不想星期六星期日國定假日圣誕節感恩節都來學校上課。

最驚人的還在后頭，一個月之后，Mr.Keene在朝會時間又給了大家一個超大震撼彈。 "我發現我們這所學校真的太棒了！我們要把握任何時刻學習。從現在開始，學校不再放暑假，暑假也要來學校上課！" Mr.Keene興奮地說。
全校師生差點都要昏倒了！不，其實有一些人已經昏倒了。

學習真的是好重要的一件事。可是仔細想想，上課吸收知識，難道是生活中唯一重要，唯一值得去做的一件事嗎？

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

這是一本寫給大人的書，讓孩子成天的無止境的學習，FINE,FINE嗎？什么事情都是過猶不及啊。