Do I Have to Go to School?: A First Look at Starting School

by Pat Thomas

Books in the popular and growing A First Look At series speak directly to preschool and early-grades kids, encouraging them to explore their feelings and talk to trusted elders about things that bother them. These titles also give them a start in developing basic social skills, as well as explain things that might otherwise make kids anxious. The books are filled with child-friendly color illustrations and easy-to-understand text. Children are shown that school is an important place where they learn about the world outside their family, and where they begin to discover the joy of encountering new things, meeting new people, and having new experiences.

Genres: Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

First published May 26, 2006

About the author

There is more than one Pat Thomas in the Goodreads catalog. This entry focuses on Pat^Thomas, children's author.

Pat is a trained psychotherapist, naturopath and journalist. After working as a journalist and broadcaster in the USA, she now works in the field of child development and writes for various publications including 'Practical Parenting'.

Reviews

[Shane Moore · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice way to reinforce the good things about kindergarten (or even pre-school) to a little one. There are a handful of ways that the book shows its age, but nothing glaring.

[Lee · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent non-fiction book exploring the whys of going to school. Probably useful for children who are apprehensive about attending school.

[Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was really good, especially for children who are new students. I also liked that the book had interactive questions for the children. It also went over a lot of things children will be doing in school and things they might be thinking about this new adventure called school.

[Devi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really, really helpful for my toddler who is starting school soon.