Welcome to Kindergarten (Rlb)

Anne F. Rockwell. Walker & Company, $16.85 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-8027-8746-0

""Tim, Come meet your kindergarten teacher on Thursday at 3 o'clock."" In Anne Rockwell's Welcome to Kindergarten, Tim visits his new classroom before the start of school. After working in the science center, making ""things out of wet and squishy clay, playing ball outside and having a cookie with a new friend,"" Tim discovers that his new classroom is not too big after all, but ""just the right size for me."" ( Apr.)

Featured Children's Reviews

Sara Andrea Fajardo

“Up and down the crooked spine of the Andes... playing an epic game of paka paka con la papa, potato hide-and-seek,” travels agronomist Alberto Salas (b. 1943), questing for Continue reading »

Laura Gao

High school sophomore Kirby Tan is a skilled competitive climber, an activity she picked up from her late thrill-seeking father. When her dynamic move at the Texas Youth Fall Continue reading »

K O'Neill

O’Neill (The Moth Keeper) crafts a pastoral fantasy exploring gender identity and what it means to be one’s true self in this tender graphic novel. Young Rowan, who has dark Continue reading »

Aron Nels Steinke

Jewish sixth grader Mira, portrayed with brown skin, lives with selective mutism, a condition that prevents her from speaking in certain social settings. To cope, Mira channels Continue reading »