It's Back to School We Go!: First Day Stories from Around the World (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780761319481)

It's back to school we go!

The first day of school is an event that brings mixed emotions to children everywhere. There is excitement in seeing old friends and it's nice to begin a new year with a new teacher and good intentions. But first day feelings are mixed. Will last year's friends still be friends? What if the new teacher doesn't like me? Or what if the work is too hard?

Ellen Jackson and Jan Davey Ellis portray children from eleven different countries experiencing their first day back at school. Each child's first-person account is enhanced by a fact box that tells us something about the culture from which the child speaks, so that the reader is able to compare and contrast the experiences of children from different parts of the world.

In words and pictures the author and artist have captured the diversity of children's school experiences, while at the same time capturing how much the world's children have in common.

Author: Ellen Jackson
ISBN-10: 0761319484
ISBN-13: 9780761319481
Publisher: Millbrook Press (Tm)
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2003
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 12.00h x 9.10w x 0.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.6
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 100002 / It's Back to School We Go: First Day Stories from Around the World


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 08/01/2003 pg. 1994
PW Notes and Reprints 09/22/2003 pg. 106
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2003 pg. 127 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2004 pg. 127 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Publishers Weekly 09/22/2003