Kirkus Reviews said that the first book,
Miss Daisy is Crazy!, is "a sure-fire hit for the most reluctant reader."
Publishers Weekly also notes that the series is a good choice for beginning readers.
The Reading Teacher mentioned the series in their 2008 article on choosing books for children that they will enjoy reading. Some books, such as
Class Pet Mess!, do contain more challenging
vocabulary.
Mrs. Cooney Is Looney! uses
homophones to provide humor.
My Weirder School continues the trend of using humor that began in the
My Weird School series.
Booklist calls the series
habit forming, writing, "Fortunately, the habit is reading." The
Weird School Fast Facts series has been reviewed favorably.
School Library Journal called the drawings "hilarious" in both
My Weird School Fast Facts: Sports and
My Weird School Fast Facts: Geography.
School Library Journal also noted that Gutman's writing was especially suited to his audience of younger readers.
Booklist wrote that
Sports was entertaining and informative.
My Weird Writing Tips is a book written to help students become better writers.
School Library Journal wrote that the book makes "
grammar entertaining," but criticized the introduction for not being sensitive to the issues faced by bilingual students and others who have trouble with grammar.
Booklist, however, felt that
My Weird Writing Tips was extremely funny and informative for a broad group of young readers.
Kirkus Reviews found the book to have useful information even if the tone of the book was "disingenuous at times and too self-consciously fun." The first four books released as an
audiobook in 2005 were read by John Beach. His narration was good at capturing the voices of the characters in the stories, according to
Booklist. The series also receives criticism for characters having
caricatured personalities and repetitive plots. == Film adaptation ==