AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Audrey Penn/Ruth E. Harper and Nancy M. Leak
PUBLISHER: Tanglewood Press PUBLICATION DATE: 1993
AWARDS: New York Times #1 Bestseller, Educational Press Association of America - Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Educational Journalism
GENRE: Ficiton Picture book READING LEVEL: PreK-K
BRIEF OVERVIEW: Chester Raccoon does not want to go to school because he does not want to leave his mother. His mother promises him school with be fun, and he eventually likes going.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Read to students on the first day of school and then have the students think of something fun they did at school that day that they would not have been able to do if they stayed home.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Shaina Galvin - Valdosta State University
LABELS: Fiction, picture book, juvenile fiction, comforting
