Kindergarten Rocks!
Katie Davis, . . Harcourt, $15 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-15-204932-4
Dexter Dugan is about to start kindergarten, and his stuffed dog, Rufus, "is an eensy teensy beensy bit scared" about it. Thankfully, Dex's third-grader sister, Jessie, sees that her brother is really the scared one and sets about cheerfully reassuring her sibling: "Don't worry, kindergarten rocks," says a cartoon bubble extending from Jessie. Dex's first-person narration maintains his false bravado. "I got Jessie to help me make a list of things Rufus was scared about.
Reviewed on: 07/11/2005
Genre: Children's
Paperback - 32 pages - 978-0-15-206468-6
Prebound-Glued - 32 pages - 978-1-62765-848-5