First Grade, Here I Come!

Purchased this for my niece, who was starting first grade and felt nervous. The book cheered her up as it was both cute and had some humor.

Great gift for my granddaughter going into first grade

Child was excited to have read to him after his graduation from Kindergarten !

My niece loved it!

Can't wait to read it to my 1st graders this school year!

Perfect for Grad gift. Fun to read

definitely reading this to my first graders! the illustrations are colorful! so excited to read this!

The author could of kept the cool teacher a female who loves worms , rocks and science. Instead we learn Henry's Kindergarten teacher is female and the new and higher learning grade teacher is a male. Am seeing far too much boy centric themes in children's books that show boys as being the explorers, lovers of science, dirt, rocks, etc. Girls are wearing skirts! The child this book was meant for is female and loves science, worms, rocks and getting in the dirt, all things many girls are denied to feel good about liking through lack of example in children's books. here we get a female art and song teacher but not a female teaching science. As children we were positively affected by women who did 'out of the ordinary for females" things, setting examples for both genders that girls are not just unicorn lovers. This book aligns with stereotypical thinking about female and male roles- nurturer (female) versus explorer (male). Males teach higher grades. Women are oppressed as young girls by these messages that reenforce male superiority in mental and physical ability.