Mae's First Day of School
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Publisher Description
From the author-illustrator of Hannah and Sugar comes a back-to-school tale about facing your fears, now in paperback with bonus tear-out lunchbox notes
As Mae's first day of school approaches, she decides she IS. NOT. GOING.
School is scary! What if the other kids don't like her? Or what if she's the only one who doesn't know how to write? Or what if she misses her mom? Mae's anxiety only builds as she walks to school.
But then she meets Rosie and Ms. Pearl. Will making new friends show her that they can conquer their fears together?
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Mae insists that school is a no-go for her: "What if the other kids didn't like her, and what if she was the only one who didn't know how to write, and what if she missed her mother?" She hides in a big tree by the school door and is soon joined on a branch by like-minded girl Rosie and then by "tall lady" Ms. Pearl whom, readers will quickly surmise, is none other than Mae and Rosie's teacher. But instead of coaxing the girls down, Ms. Pearl folds her arms stubbornly and announces her intention to stay in the tree, too: "What if the kids don't like me? Or what if I forget how to spell Tuesday? Or what if I miss my cat?" Berube (Hannah and Sugar) is an astute and funny portraitist of children's anxieties, and the first day of school is tailor-made for her talents. Ages 3 7.
