My First Day

by Leilani Sparrow, Dan Taylor (Illustrator)

Overview

Get ready for the first day of school with this sweet, reassuring picture book.

Follow one little boy as he experiences all the firsts a first day of school brings, from his first story to his first friend. When it's time to leave, he can't wait for another day at school!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781499801118
Publisher:	little bee books
Publication date:	07/07/2015
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	1,121,444
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Leilani Sparrow is a children's book author from the United Kingdom. She has a husband, two children, and very little spare time, but still manages to read when she can!

Dan Taylor is a children's book illustrator from the United Kingdom. When he's not illustrating, he obsessively collects mid-20th century and Scandinavian furniture, drinks tea by the gallon, and enjoys the company of his mischievous little dog named Bertie.

Editorial Reviews

2015-05-18
Written in the first person in a rollicking rhyme, this look at a little bear's first school day will reassure those just starting preschool or kindergarten. Anthropomorphized animals attend this school, wearing clothes, bearing lunchboxes, and hanging their things outside the classroom on their assigned hooks. "Here's my hook. / It's my first day! // Here's a friend. / Come on, let's play." Until lunchtime, a fox, a bear, and a bunny seem to be the only students of an owl teacher, and they engage in free play, have a snack, write a lowercase letter A (oddly, with a tail like a cursive A), paint, and play outside. Not all is sunshine, though—the bear falls down at recess and needs a bandage, but he recovers (and the bandage disappears on subsequent pages), and those are the only tears all day. During lunch, other animal friends join the trio, and their day concludes with a story and a song before the dismissal bell rings. Sparrow's text suits her audience, with short sentences, a large font, and simple vocabulary. Similarly, Taylor keeps the artwork, which looks to be digital, simple with easily recognizable objects, geometric shapes, and bold, bright colors. The focus is on the activities the students engage in. Ideal for new readers who are also new to school. (Picture book. 3-6)

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