

Now the fun can begin This rhyming, brightly illustrated book is the perfect way to practice the alphabet and to introduce young children to kindergarten. Miss Bindergarten puts the finishing touches on the room just in time, and the students arrive. Meanwhile, Adam Krupp wakes up, Brenda Heath brushes her teeth, and Christopher Beaker finds his sneaker. It' s the first day of kindergarten and Miss Bindergarten is hard at work getting the classroom ready for her twenty-six new students.

(Ages 4 and older) -Karin Snelson About the Author:īook Description Paperback. For kids who adore this book-and there are thousands-don't miss Joseph Slate and Ashley Wolff's second loving tribute to teachers and students, Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten. The final back-to-school classroom scene explodes with love and pride and the smell of freshly sharpened pencils. And of course Miss Bindergarten is the kindergarten teacher we either remember fondly or wish we had.

Youngsters will relish the scenes of school preparation, adorned by rhyming text: a mother iguana dragging her son Ian Lowe (who cries "I won't go!") out the front door, and the little vole Vicki Densel biting her pencil. Christopher Beaker finds his sneaker." Author Joseph Slate matches each animal character with a letter of the alphabet, and readers can flip to the back to discover that Adam is an alligator, Brenda is a beaver, and Christopher is a cat-and so on, through the more obscure animals such as the quokka and the Uakari monkey.

Meanwhile, her young students get ready, too: " Adam Krupp wakes up. This noble, whimsical teacher greets her dark, summertime-empty classroom with an explosion of color-a bouquet of fall leaves, a goldfish, rolled-up posters, and shoeboxes full of no-doubt-delightful surprises. On the first day of kindergarten, Miss Bindergarten must prepare her classroom for her beloved students.
