First Day Jitters

by Julie Danneberg Narrated by Various Narrators

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

The first day of school can be scary! Get out ahead of it by giving this book to the young reader in your life before they go to school. It's a fun and friendly reminder that we all get the jitters sometimes.

Will they like me? Will I make new friends? What if I don't like it? Follow Sarah Jane Hartwell as she tries to get up the courage to go to her first day at a new school. But things may not be quite what they seem!

Editorial Reviews

Newsweek

You have no idea what Sarah Jane looks like until the very last page of the whimsical book, which suddenly delivers a sly and funny twist: Sarah Jane's the teacher.

From the Publisher

"Every child who has moved to a new school or is simply reluctant to start a school year can identify with this wittily drawn and suspensefully told story. From the moment she awakens on the fateful day to the moment she steps into the classroom, Sarah Hartwell imagines the worst. Love's ink-and-watercolor illustrations add humor to Sarah's fears, which range from bratty kids to a police search when she doesn't show up. Mr. Hartwell's reassurances don't seem to be much help. The pictures mirror the jangled nerves and outsize expectations (the double-page spread of a looming, prisonlike school is priceless) everyone faces when they are new, all of which leads to a nifty surprise ending that is a delight. Funny and insightful."—Booklist

"First Day Jitters which was written by Julie Danneberg and illustrated by Judy Love, makes a great companion book to Wemberly Worried. In the opening pages, we meet a certain Sarah Jane Hartwell, who's in the midst of her own first-day-of-school-related panic attack. Sarah Jane is buried under her covers so far that you can't even see her face. In fact, you have no idea what she looks like until the very last page of the whimsical book, which suddenly delivers a sly and funny twist..."—Newsweek

Product Details

BN ID:	2940173970534
Publisher:	Charlesbridge
Publication date:	02/01/2000
Series:	Mrs. Hartwell's Classroom Adventures
Edition description:	Unabridged
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

Read an Excerpt

"Sarah, dear, time to get out of bed," Mr. Hartwell said, poking his head through the bedroom doorway. "You don't want to miss the first day at your new school, do you?"

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