Title: Vera's First Day of School

Author/Illustrator: Rosenberry, Vera

Genre: Fiction

Reading level: 2^nd grade

Recommended interest level: Kindergarten- 2^nd grade

Summary:

Vera is looking forward to her first day of school. When she arrives to school, she finds a playground filled with children she has never met. The bell rings and the school doors shut, Vera stays on the playground. She walks back home and tiptoes up to her room, invisible to her mother who is bathing the baby. Happily, Vera's first day ends successfully after mother discovers her under the bed and walks her back to the classroom.

Comments:

This story provides an excellent opportunity for teachers or parents to have a conversation with kids as they anticipate a special day. The illustrations are colorful and imaginative and help tell the story. The experience of Vera’s first day of school can be generalized to any other situations that children may face for the first time in their life.