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Summary: I read it on the first day of school...
Review: As a brand-new teacher (first grade), I thought this would be a great icebreaker and nerve-soother to read to my kids on the first day of school. None of them expected the surprise ending. The book helped both my criers and the rest of the class -- I talked to the criers about jitters, and how I had them, and how most everyone has them on the first day of school. I was able to use the book as an example to those better-adjusted kids, explaining that some people have worse first-day jitters than others. It was a great book to ease the kids into school again!
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Summary: Surprise ending will surprise and enlighten kids
Review: As this delightful picture book shows, first day jitters aren't just for kindergarteners. The first day in a new school has Sarah Jane Hartwell ducking for the covers. Mr. Hartwell tries to ease her nerves with calm reassurance and wise advice. But Sarah Jane is convinced that staying home in bed is the answer to her general fears about a new school: she doesn't know anyone, no one will like her, it's just too hard and besides, she hates school. Kids will identify with Sarah Jane's free-floating school anxiety, even if this isn't their first year in a new school. Love's richly-colored ink and watercolor illustrations help build anticipation for the surprise ending to Danneberg's story, a twist that will delight kids and give them a new perspective on the first day of school. Perfect late August reading for everyone heading back to school.
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Summary: Everyone has had it - first day school jitters - a must read
Review: Favorite characters: Sarah, Mr. Hartwell, and Mrs. Burton Everyone has had it, the fear of that first day of school. This is what First Day Jitters is all about. But this book puts a humorous twist on those fears. The ending will warm your heart, no matter if you're eight or eighty years old.
Colorful pictures that follow that first day of school you remember, only this time with a surprise ending. This is a great book for kids that are nervous to go to school, or adults who want to read books about their childhood. You really can't go wrong with a book like this.
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Summary: Everyone has had it - first day school jitters - a must read
Review: Favorite characters: Sarah, Mr. Hartwell, and Mrs. Burton Everyone has had it, the fear of that first day of school. This is what First Day Jitters is all about. But this book puts a humorous twist on those fears. The ending will warm your heart, no matter if you're eight or eighty years old.
Colorful pictures that follow that first day of school you remember, only this time with a surprise ending. This is a great book for kids that are nervous to go to school, or adults who want to read books about their childhood. You really can't go wrong with a book like this.
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Summary: Are You Ever Scared The First Day Of School?
Review: How would you manage a whole new class every year? In First Day Jitters, by Julie Dannenberg it happens. It's about a person who doesn't want to go to school. She wonders "Will they like me?" You find out. I liked this because it was a surprising book. I also liked it because it wasn't obvious what the surprise was. You know its not only kids that are scared. Find out the surprising ending, you never know what you might discover.
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Summary: Great Teaching Tool...
Review: I am a preschool teacher and I read this book to my class the week of our Preschool Graduation Ceremony. We were discussing our fears about starting Kindergarten and they absolutely LOVED this book! They were shocked to learn that it was the teacher who was afraid of the first day of school! This is a wonderful teaching tool to help preschoolers prepare for their first day of Kindergarten!
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Summary: What a great book to get the "jitters" out of your child!
Review: I recently read this book at a teacher training class that I attended. This book really helped to put me at ease for the first day of school, as I am sure it will for children of all ages. Who doesn't get first day jitters? Children do (even if they say they don't), but why not read this book to show them that teachers get jitters too? This is a very funny story with a surprise ending. A must for every parent and teacher of young children!
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Summary: a hit in the kindergarten classes
Review: I sent this to my niece in the mid west who just started kindergarten. It was brought to school and her teacher read it to the class, it was apparently such a hit that her Teacher loaned it out to the other Kindergarten Teacher so she could read it to her class.
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Summary: First Day Jitters
Review: I think it's a great book!! Great for any teacher, "soon-to-be-a-teacher" or student! It's cute and funny! The ending is the best part! It ends ironically and makes the whole book worth while!! I'd recommend this book for sure!!!!
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Summary: Super book for preschoolers and kindergarteners!
Review: Julie Danneberg's "First Day Jitters" ought to be mandatory reading for all preschoolers and kindergarteners before they go off to school the first day. Sarah Jane Hartwell is snuggled down tightly under her covers, not wanting to go to her new school, while Mr. Hartwell urges and cajoles her into moving along. Mr. Hartwell drives her to school, where the principal, Mrs. Burton, kindly meets Sarah Jane at the car and personally escorts her into the classroom. And on the last page is a wonderful surprise that is guaranteed to put a smile on the face of any young child who's concerned about that all-important first day! Judy Love's vivid ink and watercolor drawings have a great sense of movement and are pleasingly colorful. She does an especially fine job of hinting at the surprise to come on the last page without giving it away via the illustrations.
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