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Title details for School's First Day of School by Adam Rex - Wait list

School's First Day of School

by Adam Rex
Christian Robinson
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A fresh look at the first day of school, this time from the school's perspective.

"It's the first day of school at Frederick Douglass Elementary and everyone's just a little bit nervous, especially the school itself. What will the children do once they come? Will they like the school? Will they be nice to him?The school has a rough start, but as the day goes on, he soon recovers when he sees that he's not the only one going through first-day jitters.".

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  • Release date

    September 15, 2017

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781339055510
      • File size: 8263 KB
      • Duration: 00:17:12

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Each of three narrators brings distinctive touches to Rex's audiobook on school construction and the anxiety of the first day of school. Little does School know during the days it is being built of the children and activities that will be housed within its walls. Will it come to appreciate the importance of its world? Erin Bennett provides a steady and friendly voice as narrator. Her pace is measured but leisurely, and read-along listeners will have ample time to look over the detail-filled illustrations. Ron Butler and Pierce Cravens add pop to the comments of the school children as they arrive on the first day and a warm, affirming tone to Janitor, who has been School's companion throughout. Upbeat music and pleasing sound effects complete the production. A.R. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from May 9, 2016
      Every so often, a book comes along with a premise so perfect, it’s hard to believe it hasn’t been done before; this is one of those books. As a new school year begins, it isn’t just the students who have trepidations: the building doesn’t quite know what to expect either, and overheard comments such as “I don’t like school” aren’t helping. “Maybe it doesn’t like you either,” thinks the school in response. But even amid lunchtime spills and an embarrassing fire drill “accident,” the school comes to understand that facilitating the noisy, messy activities of the school day are quite literally what he was made to do. Robinson (Last Stop on Market Street) gives the school just a hint of visual personification in his flattened, paint-and-collage artwork, as Rex (Moonday) deftly juggles well-placed jokes and keen insights into feeling comfortable in one’s own skin—or bricks, as the case may be. Ages 4–8. Agent: Steven Malk, Writers House.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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