This picture book about the first day of school, featuring a frog, a duck, a mouse, and a snail, combines a story in rhyme with colorful graphic rebuses, making it a fun book for parent and child to share in the reading. Children about to enter kindergarten or first grade who long to be able to read will get a sense of accomplishment by "reading" the little rebus pictures in the story. Judy Sierra, author of Wild About Books, uses bouncy rhyme and rhythm as cues for the child to name the pictogram rebuses. Preschoolers will enjoy following the animals and their teacher, Tom Burkey (who is a turkey), through a happy first day of school.
- ISBN10 1101940255
- ISBN13 9781101940259
- Publish Date 12 July 2016 (first published 1 June 2011)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 26 October 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Random House Books for Young Readers
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 24
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781101940259