Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come!

This book should be read to students just starting school. The book address what would be fun to do in school in school, like art. but at the same time says it might be scary. It tells little ones that school can be fun and a new place to make friends

Ages 3-5 - Henry wakes up excited the morning of his first day of kindergarten - the day he has been waiting for. The story follows him through his preparations for the big day - brushing his teeth, eating breakfast, packing his supplies. As he walks to school he talks with his mom about what

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kindergarten will be like; he is confident that he will do well - until he gets to school.
This is a simple story that sweetly addresses the anxiety and excitement of starting a brand-new step in a child's life. Henry and his mouse family are very brightly and childishly illustrated, which will have great visual appeal to young children. Recommended for picture book collections in all sizes of public libraries.

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Even though Henry is looking forward to going to kindergarten, he is not sure about staying once he first gets there.

This is a book about a little boys first day of kindergarden. It starts off with his mom waking him up and he was so excited and ready to go, but he wasn't even dressed yet. Mother tells him wake up and get dressed. After breakfast they walk to school and all he could think of was what were we

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going to do today. When he arrived at school it was big and he started to wonder if he would get lost. After locating his classroom he started to get scared and wanted to go home, the teacher came over and talk to him and ask him to stay. He looked around and saw all the the things he loved to do and told his mother he would like to stay.

This is a great book for teachers and parents to read to their children upon entering kindergarden. It prepares the children to know what to expect the first day of school.

You may take a tour of the classroom and meet the teachers before entereing kindergarden. You could talk about how some things will be the same as when you were in preschool and some will be different.

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“Look Out, Kindergarten, Here I Come!” is a great bilingual book about the first day of kindergarten. The book includes the text written in English above the pictures, and in Spanish below the pictures. These types of books are fantastic for English language learners who can read fluently in

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Spanish, but not yet in English. Students can compare the two different texts and use the native language text to figure out some of the words in English that they may not know. Another thing that I enjoyed about the book was the illustrations. First of all, the illustrations were very colorful and filled up nearly the entire page. In addition, the characters were animals and all had very happy and excited expressions on every page. These types of illustrations would be very appealing to a child and help get them excited for their first day of school. The main idea of the book is that Kindergarten is fun and there is no reason to be scared.

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The first day of kindergarten is finally here, and Henry can't wait to paint pictures, sing songs, and practice counting. When he gets to school, though, he's not so sure he's ready for kindergarten. But before long Henry discovers that the only thing he's not ready for is how much fun he's going

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to have at school!

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What a delightful picture book for your five year old who is just getting ready to start kindergarten! The adorable colorful pictures showcasing really cute and diverse animals, are full of cheer and warmth and provide a cozy feeling to help quell the fears a child may have about this scary new

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episode in life about to unfold.

This quality Dolly Parton Imagination Library edition is sent as the final installment of that organization's books that are sent to a child from birth to age 5. It marks their "graduation" from the Dolly Parton program and includes a warm message from Dolly herself. As with the other volumes in the Imagination Library, it includes links to a Dolly Parton song and reading activity suggestions from the Library of Congress.

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