It's the First Day of First Grade, Chloe Zoe!

Chloe Zoe and Friends Advance to First Grade amid a Friendship Kerfuffle!

Chloe Zoe is bigger and ready for new challenges in the eighth title in the popular picture book series! After a kindergarten year without her best friends, Mary Margaret the crocodile and George the giraffe, in her class, Chloe Zoe is excited to have been assigned the same first grade teacher as Mary Margaret. But when Mary Margaret is enchanted by new student, Lulu the unicorn, Chloe Zoe's fantasy of doing everything together bursts. Will Chloe Zoe be a third wheel in a huff? Or is there room to make a new friend?

Perfect for beginning readers, the Chloe Zoe series highlights seasonal holidays and new experiences at home, in the classroom and out-and-about in the world. With a cozy trim size, bold, graphic illustrations and direct narration, Chloe Zoe meets little ones right where they are and invites them on a reading playdate that can continue on with activities and craft with author-illustrator, Jane Smith, at www.superjane.com.

Jane Smith is the award-winning author-illustrator of twelve children's books, including the popular Chloe Zoe picture book series originally published by Albert Whitman and Company. It's the First Day of First Grade, Chloe Zoe is the eighth title in the series and continues a set of three new Chloe Zoe books releasing in 2025. Jane enjoys unicorns, getting crafty and making kiddos laugh. She lives in sun-kissed Wilmington, North Carolina with her husband and super star daughter.