{"id":31452,"date":"2024-08-29T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=31452"},"modified":"2024-08-27T16:58:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T20:58:21","slug":"back-to-school-picture-book-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2024\/08\/back-to-school-picture-book-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to School, Picture Book Style"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Back to School books fly off the shelves this time of year, and each August I look forward to reading new ones that have recently been published.  Here\u2019s a short round-up of some of this year\u2019s options!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Olu\u2019s Teacher: A Story about Starting Preschool<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Jamal C. Campbell<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Illustrated by Lydia Mba<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Debut author Campbell is a 20-plus year veteran of early childhood education in the United Kingdom, so it\u2019s no wonder that he accurately captures both the excitement and the nervousness of a child\u2019s first day of preschool.  Little Olu has lots of questions about what teachers are like: Where do they live? What do they eat?  Do they breathe fire like a dragon? \u201cOhhhh\u2026MACARONI!\u201d he exclaims!  Happily, Olu likes teacher Jay\u2026who looks just like him\u2014and is a Black male.  Back matter includes great tips on getting children ready for school from the veteran teacher\/author, including playing school, packing bookbags, taking a field trip to the school, and caregivers sharing their own school memories.<\/p>\n\n\n

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First Day, Hooray!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By June Sobel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Illustrated by Nabila Adani<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This book takes a social-emotional look at the first day of school, giving names to all the strong and possibly conflicting feelings new students can have: happiness, worry, excitement, embarrassment, anger\u2026ending with a feeling of \u201chooray!\u201d  As the book says, \u201cOut of sight and stashed away, feelings visit us all day.\u201d  Back matter from Dr. Craig Bailey, Director of Early Childhood at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, gives tips on using the book to delve into what the listening child is experiencing and giving them language about feelings to express themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n

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We Are a Class<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Rob Sanders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Illustrated by Hannah Abbo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perfect to be read out loud, this inclusive rhyming book about what it means to be a class is inspirational.  Members of a class may differ in how they get to school, their pronouns, what they want to be when they get older, and more, but when you get to the crux of the matter, \u201cWe\u2019re more than a class.  We\u2019re family.  When all of us gather, we\u2019re stronger together.  We are a class.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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The First Week of School<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written and illustrated by Drew Beckmeyer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This rather unique take on back to school follows the members of a class throughout the first week of the educational year, including an artist who\u2019s afraid to share her work, a determined young inventor, a group of sporty friends, the teacher\u2026and a \u201cnew student\u201d who\u2019s a bit\u2026er\u2026out of this world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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