My Teacher is a Diamond Thief!

By Author / Illustrator

Pamela Butchart, Thomas Flintham

Genre

School Stories

Age range(s)

Publisher

Nosy Crow

ISBN

9781839940552

Format

Paperback / softback

Published

17-07-2025

Synopsis

The 15th tale in a smash hit series of hilarious tales about primary school life from best-selling, award-winning creators! Packed with excellent black and white illustrations, this is the perfect longer read for newly confident readers.

Nothing is quite as it seems for Izzy and her friends, and the drama is always off the scale! When Izzy and friends get a new teacher, they are immediately suspicious. Why does she have two computers set up on her desk? Why does she speak Spanish when they're supposed to be doing maths? Why does she have a pink wig and sunglasses in her car? And WHY DOES SHE HAVE A DRAWER FULL OF DIAMONDS? Because she's an international jewel thief, of course, and MUST BE STOPPED!

Have you read these brilliantly funny Izzy and friends adventures? Baby Aliens Got My Teacher; My Headteacher Is a Vampire Rat - Children's Book Award Winner 2016; The Spy Who Loved School Dinners - Blue Peter Award Winner 2015; Attack of the Demon Dinner Ladies; To Wee Or Not To Wee!; There's a Yeti in the Playground; The Phantom Lollipop Man; Icarus Was Ridiculous

Praise for Izzy and friends: "Butchart has enviable comic timing and a shrewd understanding of how primary-aged children think, speak and speculate. Punchy short chapters, genuinely laugh-out-loud humour and Flintham's zany pictures make the series an absolute must." - The Bookseller

"Good jokes and lots of fun, and especially good for reluctant readers." - Sunday Times

Reviews

Margaret

My Teacher is a Diamond Thief!, the 15th adventure for Izzy and her friends, sees them coping with a new teacher at their primary school. But very soon they see signs of some very strange behaviour; after all who gets their own name wrong, or gives out work sheets that are not about the current lessons? But then they hear her talking in strange language and she doesn't know how to use the school photocopier!

What follows is a fantastic series of misunderstandings and the children thinking they have discovered a diamond thief. Thankfully the issues are solved by the end, but there really is a tangled web that needs to be unravelled.

Long time followers of Izzy and Co will not be surprised by the direction that the plot takes. These children seem to have the talent to make 2+2 = 5; but of course that is because they are still learning and do not fully understand that there can be multiple reasons why a person can be doing something that you consider 'strange'.

Once again the author has provided a deeply amusing look at life in a primary school, although thankfully I have never come across this version in real life. There are several lessons that we can take on boards from this story; firstly, don't jump to conclusions, ask if you are concerned about something and understand that real life is usually different from what you read (that is why it is called 'fiction'). Fans will be longing to read the latest Izzy adventure!

240 pages / Reviewed by Margaret