Awards
- Winner of NAPPA Gold Awards (Preschool/Kindergarten) 2003
Overview
""On the first day of kindergarten, my teacher gave to me the whole alphabet from A to Z."" Welcome to kindergarten, a wonderful world full of puzzles, pencils, and picture books! Each day promises an adventure as teachers give their students something new to do. Whether feeding fish or building with blocks, these students discover what fun school can be! Drawing on the rhythm and rich repetition of the familiar ""Twelve Days of Christmas,"" Deborah Lee Rose's story is a lighthearted and welcoming introduction to school. Kids will love following along and joining in as the text accumulates, culminating on the twelfth day. Readers of all ages will want to enroll!
Full Product Details
Author: Deborah Lee Rose ,
Carey Armstrong-Ellis
Publisher: Abrams
Imprint: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Dimensions:
Width: 26.90cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 25.20cm
Weight: 0.520kg
ISBN: 9780810945128
ISBN 10: 0810945126
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 01 August 2003
Recommended Age: From 4 To 8
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
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Children / Juvenile
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Educational: Primary & Secondary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
A delightful counting book modeled on the Twelve Days of Christmas. Rose presents the first 12 days of kindergarten through the activities of one small girl. She reads books, draws pictures, strings beads, makes puzzles, plants seeds, feeds the fish, and sorts and stacks objects. The illustrations marvelously depict the whole range of kindergarten emotions-from shy and quiet to scared or thrilled, as well as the different kinds of kids-the clumsy one, the nose-picker, the one who won't share, and the budding artist. The observant reader will pick up clever details hidden within the illustrations-the children's drawings are reproductions of famous paintings, the overfed fish gradually grow too large for the aquarium, and each turn of the page is a new step in the romance between the class hamsters. As the days go by, the poor kindergarten teacher looks more and more frazzled, while the kids make new friends, explore new things, and end up loving school. A great start. (Picture book. 4-8) (Kirkus Reviews)
Author Information
Carey Armstrong-Ellis: Carey Armstrong-Ellis learned in kindergarten to color inside the lines, and it's been working for her ever since. Her first book was Prudy's Problem: And How She Solved It. Deborah Lee Rose: Deborah Lee Rose has seen her own children through the exhilarating, exhausting first days of kindergarten. She is an internationally published author whose award-winning books are among the New York Public Library's ""100 Books to Read and Share."" Ms. Rose lives in the San Francisco Bay area, and speaks at schools as well as reading, library, and education conferences.
