A New York Times bestselling author (The True Meaning of Smekday) and illustrator (Last Stop on Market Street) team bring you a fresh look at the first day of school, this time from the school's perspective.
Adam Rex has written several books for young readers, including the
New York Times bestselling Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich and The
True Meaning of Smekday. His first day of school was at Lookout
Mountain Elementary in Phoenix. He lives now with his wife and son
in Tucson. adamrex.com
Christian Robinson's award-winning books for young readers include
Josephine, which was a Coretta Scott King Honor Book as well as a
Sibert Honor Book and Harlem's Little Blackbird, which was an NAACP
Image Award nominee. His latest book Last Stop on Market Street
earned four starred reviews and was on the New York Times
bestseller list. This is his first book for Roaring Brook Press.
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Recipient of 7 starred reviews! "Robinson (Last Stop on Market
Street) gives the school just a hint of visual personification in
his flattened, paint-and-collage artwork, as Rex (Moonday) deftly
juggles well-placed jokes and keen insights into feeling
comfortable in one's own skin--or bricks, as the case may
be."--Publishers Weekly, starred "Using his signature, simple
style, Robinson alternates scenes of the building and its interiors
with shots that show the boisterously diverse kids' first day.A
unique point of view makes this school book stand out."--Kirkus
Reviews, starred "Sure to become a staple for first days of school
everywhere."--Horn Book, starred "This charming reversal of
first-day-of-school nerves will delight little ones
and help put their own anxieties at bay."--Booklist, starred "An
essential purchase that is simultaneously funny, frank, and
soothing. A perfect first day read-aloud."-- School Library
Journal, starred "A delightful, perspective-tweaking back-to-school
picture book."--Shelf Awareness, starred "Anthropomorphization of
the whole building is a new and promising approach for school-shy
youngsters, and it'll make the already school-positive want to give
their beloved building a hug."--Bulletin of the Center for
Children's Books, starred
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