Giant-Sized Butterflies On My First Day of School
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- USD 8.99
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- USD 8.99
Publisher Description
Find out how butterflies in your tummy are a good thing in this fresh take on being nervous for the first day of school.
When a little girl wakes up on the first day of school, the butterflies in her stomach feel positively giant-sized! She really wants her mom to stay with her, on this first day.
As she and her mom make their way to school, Mom explains how the butterflies are a good thing. Everyone gets them (including parents) and they are a sign of something exciting happening—that we're about to learn and grow from a new experience and they can help us through it.
So with the butterflies as her guide, the girl soars into her first day.
Beloved children's songwriter Justin Roberts brings one of his most popular songs to the page, alongside beautifully tender illustrations by Paola Escobar, in a story guaranteed to help readers of all ages reframe their first-day nerves as first-day excitement.
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That fluttery feeling in the stomach when one's about to try something new? Roberts offers a warmhearted reframe of that sensation in this look at a child's apprehension about starting school. From the first morning light shining into their bedroom, a child portrayed with tan skin is nervous about the new experience. In the car, Mom recalls her own giant-size butterflies on her first day as a parent ("When you first came—when we met you—we felt the same"). But most importantly, Mom advises not to hold the butterflies inside: "Just let them fly./ 'Cause they were born to be your guide." In flora-dotted neighborhood scenes, Escobar depicts a group of classmates with varying skin tones approaching the school, each with a swirl of colorful butterflies trailing behind them, until the protagonist bounds through the door with large, vividly flowered wings spread wide. It's a reassuring pep talk that will have readers finding their own first-day wings. Ages 3–7.
