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The bus driver, the principal, the teachers -- all these and more wait behind doors, ready to welcome new students. Each school setting offers warm and friendly characters perfect for reassuring any child nervous about starting school.
Children will be delighted by the colorful illustrations and the exuberant text of this book, and its unique format that allows readers to open flaps revealing the school settings waiting for them behind. Ready and Waiting for You is the perfect introduction to the first day of school, and will leave young readers eager to be on their way!
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Reviews (5)
School Library Journal Review
K-Gr 1-In this picture book about starting a new school, all the other children and staff are welcoming, from cafeteria workers to the librarian, teacher, and attendance clerk. "Come in. Come in..../Are you new?/We're ready and waiting for you." Foldouts extend the colorful, torn-paper illustrations, and the author's "open door" design concept gives readers the feeling that they are entering the various scenes. With its generous spirit-"come in through this door.../We won't be a whole school till you do"-this story is likely to help anxious youngsters feel special and promote the excitement that soon overcomes first-day fears. It is also a reminder to returning students about what it takes to make things work well at school. A first purchase.-Janene Corbin, Rosebank Elementary School, Nashville, TN (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Education is meant to open doors, and so is this inviting title written and conceived of by Moreillon, who uses a loose, repeating rhyme to welcome kids to the school day. Full-page foldouts allow readers to open various doors presented to them. "Come in. Come in./ Come in through this door./ Are you new?" asks a girl who gestures to the door of the waiting bus; opening the large flap shows the same girl and other students preparing to board the bus. Stock's cut-paper artwork has the bright palette of a fresh box of crayons, and she makes every aspect of the school experience friendly and welcoming, from the crossing guard cheerfully working the crosswalk to a library filled with computers and books. Ages 4-7. (Aug.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Horn Book Review
Readers are welcomed to their first day of school by a host of people eager to show them around. "Come in. Come in. / Come in through this door. / Are you new?" asks a little girl on the sidewalk, gesturing toward a school bus. The page folds out to show an open bus door and waving bus driver, the first of many friendly adults: "We're ready and waiting for you." The refrain repeats as Moreillon and Stock cheerfully work through a roster of trustworthy adult mentors who will guide newcomers, from crossing guards to the school secretary and principal, cafeteria workers, librarians, and teachers, all introducing the various activities kindergarteners can expect. The children in the book are equally welcoming, depicted with a casual multiculturalism that deepens the message of welcome-to-all. Bright, bold torn-paper illustrations capture the high energy and sensory stimulations of a kindergarten classroom (including musical notes, blocks, toys, wall decorations, and the colorfully clad children themselves) with simple, expressive lines and shapes that could easily translate into related craft projects. The concluding sense of belonging provides a cozy summary and will resonate with anxious preschoolers: "Come in through this door... / We won't be a whole school till you do." claire e. gross (c) Copyright 2014. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
New students will feel welcomed by this book celebrating their arrival to school. With rhythmic, rhyming text and bright, torn-paper art, Moreillon and Stock take the new students on a tour of every room of the school to show how the current students and teachers are getting ready for them. Starting with the bright yellow school bus, the narrators invite the new student in. "Come in. Come in. Come in through this door. Are you new?" Turn the gatefold, and other children and the bus driver join in, "Your boisterous bus mates and the bus driver say, We're ready and waiting for you.' " Not only is the bus driver excited, but the crossing guards, neighborhood dogs, principal, mascot, school secretary, librarian and computer tech, gym, art and music teachers, and every other school employee is waiting for the new student to arrive. The sunny art will be a comfort to any parent who is trying to help his or her child make the transition to a new school. Any child making a change will find comfort here--whether it's a preschooler or home-schooler entering a school for the very first time or a seasoned third-grader moving to a new school. A sunny, optimistic, enjoyable view of school for any child transitioning into a new school environment. (Picture book. 4-9)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Standing by the school bus, a girl addresses the viewer: Come in. Come in. Come in through this door. Are you new? A gatefold page opens up to show her climbing onto the bus while the students and driver call out, We're ready and waiting for you. Throughout the school, children and staff repeat that welcoming phrase, most notably at the newbie's destination, a cheerful classroom. Because the new student is never pictured, children are free to visualize themselves in this central role. Through the use of repeated phrases, the text creates a pleasing tone and rhythm. Meanwhile, the vivid, bold illustrations, extended horizontally through gatefold pages on alternate double-page spreads, visually invite children into the warm, colorful school. A departure from Stock's traditional watercolor illustrations, these striking collages of torn and cut papers are different in tone but equally fine. An upbeat picture book to share with new students and those who will welcome them.--Phelan, Carolyn Copyright 2010 Booklist