Slippers At School - Hardcover

Clements, Andrew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525471898 ISBN 13: 9780525471899

Publisher: Dutton Juvenile, 2005

Synopsis

Slippers wants to go to school with Laura, but school is no place for a puppy.When she isn't looking, he nuzzles his way into her backpack. Slippers rides the bus, then visits the classroom, the cafeteria, the gym, and even the principal's office, all without Laura noticing—but plenty of other people do! Kids will squeal with delight over knowing more than Laura and seeing the incongruity of a puppy in a school's hallowed halls. Like its predecessors, Slippers at Home and Naptime for Slippers, Slippers at School works beautifully as both a read-aloud and an early reader.

About this title

About the Author:

Andrew Clements is the author of such popular novels as Frindle and Things Not Seen. He lives in central Massachusetts. Janie Bynum is the author-illustrator of Altoona Baboona,Otis,and Pig Enough. She lives in Texas.

From Booklist:

PreS-Gr. 2. Ever since Mary's little lamb, pets have been following kids to school--at least in books. But compliments to Clements for giving this old chestnut some new life. Here, the pet is a dog, brown-footed Slippers, which artist Bynum makes look like the cutest of cute stuffed animals. One morning Slippers knows something is up. It turns out to be the first day of school, and, putting on her backpack, Laura is off for a noisy, bumpy bus ride. Once there, she puts her backpack in her cubby, and without her seeing, Slippers crawls out and sneaks into class. Here's where Clements gives the text a twist; people keep seeing the dog, but the person they tell always misunderstands. For instance, a classmate tells Laura that he sees a dog, and she holds up the picture of Slippers that she has been drawing. And so on throughout the school day, prompting giggles from young listeners. The ink-and-watercolor pictures play to the humor, as when the proud puppy watches as confusion reigns in the cafeteria over the dog and a hot dog. A satisfying escapade. REVWR
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About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0525471898
• ISBN 13: 9780525471899
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Bynum Janie