This School Year Will Be the BEST! - Softcover

Winters, Kay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0142426962 ISBN 13: 9780142426968

Publisher: Puffin Books, 2013

Synopsis

On the first day of school, new classmates are asked to share what they would most like to happen in the upcoming year. Some kids' hopes are familiar while others are off-the-wall. Whether it's looking good on picture day or skateboarding at school, everyone's wishes are shown in humorously exaggerated illustrations. As the first day draws to a close, there can be no doubt—this school year will definitely be the best!

About this title

About the Author:

Kay Winters lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Renée Andriani was born in Ridgefield, Connecticut, and holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. She now lives in Leawood, Kansas.

From Booklist:

On the first day of school, the teacher gathers her students into a circle to share their wishes for the coming year. Some are negative (“I won’t be a vegetable in our school play”), some rosy (“I’ll look good in my school picture”), and some perhaps overly optimistic (“We’ll have SKATEBOARD DAY”), but as a group, they reflect a great many facets of the elementary-school experience. The text concludes with the teacher’s wish to “get to know each one of you,” which falls a bit flat. The final, wordless double-page spread, with happy children holding crayon pictures emblematic of their wishes, creates a more satisfying ending for this picture book. And, in the classroom, it could lead straight into the year’s first art project. The short text leaves plenty of space for Andriani to work in, and she uses it imaginatively, creating upbeat and sometimes comical ink-and-wash illustrations. A good discussion starter for the beginning of the school year. Grades K-2. --Carolyn Phelan

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0142426962
• ISBN 13: 9780142426968
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Andriani Renee