First Day of School Jitters

Dee and Deb Off They Go Kindergarten First Day Jitters by Donna M. McDine

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


A child’s first day at kindergarten, with new kids, a teacher, and facing the day separated from your twin for the first time in your life, is frightening. Who will you talk to? Who will you play with?

Multi-Award-Winning author Donna M. McDine’s latest picture book, DEE AND DEB OFF THEY GO, KINDERGARTEN FIRST DAY JITTERS, is an adorable story about Dee and Deb, fraternal twins who learn the answers to the above questions. Told from Dee’s point of view, the reader follows Dee through the first day of kindergarten as she discovers a whole new world.

The artwork by Award-Winning Illustrator Jack Foster is bright and colorful. His drawings of the two girls, with their big eyes and freckles on their cheeks, sometimes smiles on their faces, other times puzzled looks in their eyes show the emotions the girls feel on being away from each other. Foster’s excellent drawings bring the story to life making the reader love Dee and Deb. At least this reader loves the girls.

The author and artist have done a remarkable job resulting in a story that young readers should find interesting and fun, especially children that have a twin. I recommend DEE AND DEB OFF THEY GO, KINDERGARTEN FIRST DAY JITTERS. This would make a nice addition to school libraries and classrooms, public libraries and, of course, your own private library.

Goodbye, Dee and Deb.

I was given a copy of this novel for my honest review.

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