All the teachers at Miss Stern's school are at home with the dreaded teacherpox. Dare she trust gross Mr Gross to teach a class until the real teacher is well again? Gross Teacherpox is a humorous story for children. This edition is generously illustrated in black and white, but there is also a colour edition available. The story is 5,000 words long in short chapters intended for younger readers. It's a great book to read aloud because of the drama of the story with strong characters and odd situations. Andrew Ashcroft is a teacher and intends for his stories to encourage children who are reluctant readers using action, humour and simple but effective language. This story is printed with a large sans serif font on cream paper. There are no words written in capital letters or italics. The text is left-adjusted. Even the text on the cover has been made easier to read with a matt finish. as this may ease reading for those who find it difficult due to dyslexia. Users of American English should read 'principal' for 'headteacher' and 'mom' for 'mum'. The intended audience for this story is children aged 5 to 10. It is also cheaper than the colour version, but still as funny and exciting to read or listen to