100 School Days

Rockwell, Anne

ISBN 10: 0060291451 ISBN 13: 9780060291457

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2002

Synopsis

Plink!

0n the first day of school, Jessica drops one penny into a jar. The next day Plink! Evan adds his penny to the jar. When the kids in Mrs. Madoff's class count 10 pennies, they know they've been going to school for 10 days. That day, Sam brings 10 balloons to class. On Day 20, Evan shares 20 matchbox cars. For Day 30, Michiko collects 30 colorful leaves. How will Mrs. Madoff's class celebrate the 100th day of school? And what will the students do with their 100 pennies?

Count to 100 with Mrs. Madoff in the classroom Kirkus Reviews called "a charmed place."

About this title

About the Author:

Anne Rockwell is a pioneer in the field of nonfiction for very young children. She has more than a hundred books to her credit, including Why Are the Ice Caps Melting? and Clouds in the Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science series. She lives in Greenwich, Connecticut.

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 1-Celebrating this milestone has become popular in the last few years, and Rockwell turns her attention to this event. On the first day of school, Jessica's teacher gives her a penny to drop in the jar on her desk. A different student brings in a coin each day to add to it. Counting by 10 is reinforced whenever the jar reaches a number divisible by 10, since the student bringing in the penny that day also gets to bring in a special collection of items celebrating that number. Rockwell's realistically rendered illustrations are drenched in color, creating a warm and inviting classroom and familial spaces. The book ends with the children seated at circle time, their teacher holding up a newspaper with the headline "Hurricane Hannah Hits" and a comment that all the local schools are sending their jars of 100 pennies to a town damaged by the storm. While the story will be well received in primary classrooms and by parents looking to reinforce the math concepts, the sudden introduction of the hurricane at the end of the book is a bit jarring. That quibble aside, this title can hold its own against Margery Cuyler's 100th Day Worries (S & S, 2000) and Joseph Slate's Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten (Dutton, 1998).
Lisa Gangemi Kropp, Middle Country Public Library, Centereach, NY
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0060291451
• ISBN 13: 9780060291457
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Rockwell Lizzy