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Pat Thomas, Author
Lesley Harker, Illustrator
Series: A First Look At
Imprint: Wayland
Publication date: February 28, 2008
Category: Early learning: first experiences
ISBN: 9780750252874
Series: A First Look At
Imprint: Wayland
Publication date: February 9, 2023
Category: Early learning: first experiences
ISBN: 9781526325433
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.
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 Bees: My Family’s Changing’ was the winner of The English 4-11 Awards.