Vera's First Day of School

By Vera Rosenberry

Book Overview

Tomorrow was Vera's first day of school. She was big at last. Vera has looked forward to her first day of school for as long as she can remember. Finally the day arrives, and Vera is bursting with excitement. But when she sees the older children in the playground, she suddenly gets frightened and stays behind. Before she knows it, the bell has rung and the giant green doors of the school have closed. Now Vera is late. What will she do? The first day of school can be both thrilling and scary. With charm and gentle humor, Vera Rosenberry explores all the different feelings associated with this important milestone.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805072691
• ISBN13: 9780805072693
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Owlet Paperbacks
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.1" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Sweet Story!

I checked this book out from the library to read to my four-year-old daughter. We liked it so much we want a copy of our own. This is a story that rings true with my emotions as I recall my own childhood fears. Vera looks forward with eagerness to her first day of school, then becomes fearful when she approaches the schoolyard and finds it full of children. Children everywhere will identify with her sorrow when the day doesn't go as planned, and will also feel relief when everything turns out all right in the end.

The first day of school is SO EXCITING!

Almost all children wait and wait and wait until THEY are old enough to go to school. This is grown-up stuff, they think. Those feelings, though, can become overwhelmed by realizing that perhaps, just perhaps, they are not the most grown-up person at the school.This story helps children and parents alike to understand the feelings, perceptions, and realities of the first day of school.