Miss Nelson is Back

Miss Nelson is Back by Harry Allard and James Marshall is a children's picture book and the sequel to Miss Nelson is Missing!. It was published by the Houghton Mifflin Company in 1982. It was followed by Miss Nelson Has a Field Day.

Plot

After Miss Nelson informs the class that she will be absent from class for a week, the class fears that they will have the Miss Viola Swamp, "the meanest substitute in the whole world," as their substitute teacher (Allard, 7). Their fears are momentarily relieved when Mr. Blandsworth, the school principal, substitutes. However, Mr. Blandsworth gives extremely boring lectures and so the students plan a scheme to disguise themselves as Miss Nelson in an attempt lead Mr. Blandsworth into thinking that his services as a substitute teacher is no longer necessary. This works in the morning, however after Miss Nelson finds out AbOUT the scheme, the "real" Miss Viola Swamp substitues for her class the next day. Once order is reestablished by Miss Swamp, Miss Nelson returns to class.