Edward Unready for School

By Rosemary Wells

Book Overview

When Edward goes to school for the first time, he isn't quite ready to join in with the other children. The author delights us once again with her warmth and humor. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803718845
• ISBN13: 9780803718845
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Dial
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.1" x 0.3" x 7.3"
• Age Range: 2 to 6 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 1

Customer Reviews

"Edward Didn't Want to be Happy and Busy"

He just wants to go home from playschool in this comforting and needed story written and illustrated by Rosemary Wells. Edward is a bearcub who is attending playschool for his first time. His parents do everything they can to get him ready, including letting him go back for his favorite stuffed toy. But Edward finds himself out-of-sorts at school with the other busy-and-happy kids and nothing cheers him up. This all comes together in a surprising but fitting ending. I agree that in today's rush-rush-rush society, this book is real breath of fresh air. This book will be great for any shy child or anyone who sometimes likes to take things a bit slower. The pastel illustrations are gentle and colorful and there's a wonderfully fun humorous moment as well.

A book with a unique and very needed message

This book is a perfect example of why Rosemary Wells is my favorite children's author and one of the few brave enough to write with a unique voice. In this tale, Edward tries play school, doesn't fit in at all, doesn't enjoy himself, and is just not ready. His parents and teachers agree he should stop going until he's ready. In almost any other telling of a similar tale, the moral would be that somehow Edward was "brave" and found a way to like school, and kept going. Wells is brave enough to say that some kids really just aren't ready, and that in today's achievement at all costs oriented society, it's okay! Any child would be lucky to have parents like Edward's, who create a home environment that is cozy and loving. Don't get this book if you are a parent that has signed your child up for the top preschool at birth and have your 2 year old's Ivy League education all planned! But if you believe in letting kids be kids, even if they are shy kids, then this is a book for you!