Chrysanthemum: A First Day of School Book for Kids (Viking Kestrel picture books) (Picture Puffin S.)

by Kevin Henkes

Kevin Henkes (Illustrator)

Chrysanthemum thinks that she has a perfect name. That is until she goes to school. Victoria points out that her name only just fits on her badge and that she is named after a flower. School gets worse until she meets the music teacher, Mrs Delphinium Twinkle. And suddenly Chrysanthemum blossoms.

• ISBN10: 0688096999
• ISBN13: 9780688096991
• Publish Date: 16 September 1991
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Greenwillow Books
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 32
• Language: English

Reviews

[mrs_mander_reads]

This has been one of my favorite books for forever, and I'm excited to be using it in the library this week and next. We're reading this book with first grade, and having some conversations about how differences make us unique. A perfect story for a boy or a girl struggling with differences.

[cherryblossommj]

At this point I am starting to think I just need to buy every Kevin Henkes book, because with each one I am finding myself liking this author more and more. We have discovered unimpeded later in his writing with Penny, but have come to love him with Owen and now Chrysanthemum and even Junonia.

What a delightful story in Chrysanthemum. Entertaining and valuable as well as adorable to look at. Shouldn't every girl be a pretty floral? I read this from our library but know I will have to buy it especially with two daughters with different names than you se every day. One being long and classic and the other shorter but very rare and a flower itself. I've always been told that in another language my own name translated to another flower so I see lots of potential in reading and sharing this one with my girls.