Starting School: Do I Have to Go to School?: A First Look at Starting School - Softcover

Thomas, Pat

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750252871 ISBN 13: 9780750252874

Publisher: Wayland, 2008

Synopsis

A beautifully illustrated picture book for children who are starting school for the first time. Going to school is a huge change for young children, this book encourages children to discover the joy of learning new things, meeting new people and having new experiences.

Notes for parents and teachers at the back of the book provide valuable advice for how to share this book with your child or class.

Written by a trained psychotherapist, journalist and parent, and illustrated by an experienced children's book artist, this is part of an acclaimed and successful series of picture-book non-fiction for Early Years. Books in the series give advice and promote interaction between children, parents, and teachers on a wide variety of personal, social and emotional issues. They are excellent tools for teachers to use during classroom discussions.

About this title

From the Back Cover

(back cover)
A FIRST
LOOK AT...
BOOK

Do I Have to Go to School?
A FIRST LOOK AT STARTING SCHOOL

This delightful picture book helps children to understand that school is a place where they begin to learn about the world outside their family. Young children will discover the joy of learning new things, meeting new people, and having new experiences.

Written by psychotherapist and counselor Pat Thomas, these superb information books promote interaction among children, parents, and teachers on personal, social, and emotional issues.

Books in the series:
Do I Have to Go to the Hospital? ― A First Look at Going to the Hospital
Do I Have to Go to School? ― A First Look at Starting School
Don’t Call Me Special ― A First Look at Disability
I Can Be Safe ― A First Look at Safety
I Miss You ― A First Look at Death
I’m Telling the Truth ― A First Look at Honesty
Is It Right to Fight? ― A First Look at Anger
My Amazing Body ― A First Look at Health and Fitness
My Family’s Changing ― A First Look at Family Break-Up
My Manners Matter ― A First Look at Being Polite
My New Family ― A First Look at Adoption
The Skin I’m In ― A First Look at Racism
Stop Picking on Me ― A First Look at Bullying

About the Author

Pat Thomas is a trained psychotherapist, trainee Naturopath, journalist and mother. After working as a journalist and broadcaster in the USA, she now works in the field of women's health and child development and writes for publications such as The Guardian Company Magazine and Practical Parenting as well as contributing editor to Natural Parent Magazine. Her book 'My Family's Changing: A First Look At Family Break-Up' was the winner of The English 4-11 Awards.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wayland
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750252871
• ISBN 13: 9780750252874
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32