The Last Day of Kindergarten by Nancy Loewen; illustrated by Sachiko Yoshikawa (Rated: C)
Marshall Cavendish Children
ISBN: 978-0761458074
Published Feb 2011
Hardcover, 32 pages, Ages 4-8
This is a delightful book for
kindergarteners who are just a little apprehensive about starting
Grade One. I remember my daughter telling me that Grade One was hard
and not as fun as Kindergarten. I think this book would have eased
her transition.
The story, told in first person
point-of-view, follows a little girl who is sad that it's the last
day of kindergarten and she wishes it was the first. She reminisces
about all that she's done. The teacher then helps the class to look
forward to summer and Grade One. There is even a graduation ceremony
at the end. My kids both made their own graduation hats, but their
small ceremonies was not held on a stage with an audience of parents
as described in the book. Nonetheless, it brought back memories for
my kids and me.
I just loved the bright, colourful and
detailed illustrations in this book. As I was reading it to my son, I
would ask him to find in the pictures objects that I named, and he
would scour the pages in search of them. He is ending Grade One,
though, and thought this book too “young” for him. Unlike my
daughter, he had no problem transitioning from Kindergarten.
If you have a child who is approaching
his last day of kindergarten, this book will resonate and help him
understand the transition from school to summer and back again. A
cute book, to be sure.
Disclosure: Thanks to the publisher and ReviewTheBook.com for sending me this book for review. I was not compensated in any other way, nor told how to rate or review this product.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
The Last Day of Kindergarten by Nancy Loewen, illustrated by Sachiko Yoshikawa
Posted by Laura at Library of Clean Reads on May 24, 2011 in Children's Book Review kindergarten Nancy Loewen Sachiko Yoshikawa | Comments : 2
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Thanks for the giveaway. I like reading retelling of classic lit.
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Booking Son is finishing up with kindergarten next week. I need to find this one at the library!
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