grandma's bookshelf - Don't Go to School! - I'm Giving One Away!

My grandsons head back to school in just a few weeks . . . it is difficult to believe Summer vacation is almost over for 2017. While I do not have any grandchildren heading off to Kindergarten, when I was invited to review a new book about going to school for the first time, I thought it sounded like a fun idea and said; "Yes!"

Don't Go to School!

Author - Máire Zepf

Illustrator - Tarsila Krüse

Publisher - Sterling Children's Books

Ages - 

Favorite Features -

• Colorful and detailed illustrations
• Fun reversal story - although there are plenty of parents who do not want their children to go to school - who think they are growing up too fast!
• Unique way to talk with a child who might be afraid of going to school and to address the things of which they might be afraid.

Sterling Children's Books says; "Benno is really excited about his first day at school. But there’s one problem: MOMMY! A laugh-out-loud twist on a familiar theme. What can a little bear do when he’s all ready for his first day of school—but his mother isn’t? “DON”T GO TO SCHOOL!” she wails. “STAY HERE WITH ME!” Mommy sulks, she’s shy, she even throws a tantrum. Can Benno convince her everything’s okay? He comes up with an ingenious idea to help her adjust—one many a mom and dad will recognize. This humorous story will reassure and delight nervous children, while parents feeling a little sad to see their babies grow up and march off to school will empathize with Mom!"

When I read Don't Go to School! with my grandsons, my oldest one recognized immediately the story was actually the, "reverse" of how it really is! Fun and funny Don't Go to School! is a book children will enjoy and is another story to add to your own library! If you have a grandchild/child who is feeling afraid about heading off to school, this is the book for them!

I'm very happy to say, not only did Sterling Children's Books send me one copy of Don't Go to School! for me to review, but they are making another available for me to give away (USA only). If you are over the age of 18 and would like to enter this drawing for one Don't Go to School!- which will be on August 14, 2017, please comment below to tell me who you have heading off to school this Fall - I have two grandsons in school.

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