The Night Before First Grade (Paperback)
| Author: Natasha/ Zemke Wing | Illustrator: Deborah Zemke |
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Product Details:
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
ISBN-10: 0448437473
ISBN-13: 9780448437477
Sku: 31153484
Publish Date: 7/21/2005
Dimensions:
(in Inches) 8H x 8L x 0.25T
Pages:
32
Age Range:
8 to 12
See more in Readers / Beginner
'Twas the night before first grade.|I kissed my dog Clover.|"School's starting tomorrow|because summer is over." (from the first line)
| This humorous take on Clement Moore's classic tale--starring a girl excited to start the new school year with her best friend--offers reassurance to help all first-graders through their own back-to-school jitters. |
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From the Publisher:
Penny's excitement over the start of first grade turns to sadness when she and her best friend are placed different classrooms, but they make the best of it--and some new friends--in this poem based on "The Night Before Christmas." |
Annotation:
This is an engaging, rhyming picture book about the excitement of first grade using the classic "Night Before Christmas" poem format to share the ups and downs that children can expect. Making lunch all by herself the night before, redheaded Penny can hardly wait for the first day of school when she'll see her best friend, Jenny, again. The two show up for school in matching outfits--and then they discover that they aren't in the same class! Penny is disappointed, but she decides to be brave and hope for the best. This uplifting story is illustrated with loose, splashy watercolors.
This is an engaging, rhyming picture book about the excitement of first grade using the classic "Night Before Christmas" poem format to share the ups and downs that children can expect. Making lunch all by herself the night before, redheaded Penny can hardly wait for the first day of school when she'll see her best friend, Jenny, again. The two show up for school in matching outfits--and then they discover that they aren't in the same class! Penny is disappointed, but she decides to be brave and hope for the best. This uplifting story is illustrated with loose, splashy watercolors.

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