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Wild Child: Forest's First Day of School
In the second book in this wildly funny chapter book series, a shy girl is force into the spotlight when a wild boy goes to school for the first time!
At school, Olive expects her best friend Forest to be a “nobody,” just like her, but Forest isn’t one for standing on the sidelines―more like standing on the desks! His shenanigans transform boring school into a wild habitat filled with food fights and morning bird calls, and everyone loves it…everyone except for Olive. How did Forest make friends so fast?
When they end up on stage in the school play, Olive is nervous about being in the spotlight, something Forest knows well―this time, it’s up to Forest to teach Olive!
Don’t miss Olive’s and Forest’s first adventure Wild Forest’s First Home!
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Praise for Wild Forest's First Home
"The timeless premise...provides a new option for transitional chapter books. Hand this to future fans of Maryrose Wood’s The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series." ― Booklist
"Reminiscent of Amelia Bedelia...This first chapter book in a new series will find fans among beginning readers"― School Library Connection
At school, Olive expects her best friend Forest to be a “nobody,” just like her, but Forest isn’t one for standing on the sidelines―more like standing on the desks! His shenanigans transform boring school into a wild habitat filled with food fights and morning bird calls, and everyone loves it…everyone except for Olive. How did Forest make friends so fast?
When they end up on stage in the school play, Olive is nervous about being in the spotlight, something Forest knows well―this time, it’s up to Forest to teach Olive!
Don’t miss Olive’s and Forest’s first adventure Wild Forest’s First Home!
An Imprint Book
Praise for Wild Forest's First Home
"The timeless premise...provides a new option for transitional chapter books. Hand this to future fans of Maryrose Wood’s The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series." ― Booklist
"Reminiscent of Amelia Bedelia...This first chapter book in a new series will find fans among beginning readers"― School Library Connection
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144 pages, Paperback
Published April 18, 2017
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June 21, 2018
Zann, Tara Forest's First Day of School (Wild Child #2), illustrated by Dan Widdowson. CHAPTER BOOK. Imprint (Macmillan), 2017. $6. 9781250103871
It's time for Forest, the wild child Olive and her family found in the woods two weeks before, to start school. To complicate things, on the first day they discover they will be doing a class play of The Wizard of Oz. Forest has enough difficulty handling real life; how can he possibly handle the pretend world of a performance?
Like the previous book in the series, this one has a cute premise. It's just so over-the-top that I found myself constantly distracted by thoughts of, "That would never happen!" and that made it difficult to get into the flow. From a spaghetti-and-meatballs fight at lunch (where the only adult in a cafeteria full of kids is a lone lunch lady), to the idea that social services hasn't yet come knocking on Olive's door to investigate this abandoned child they took home, to the fact that Forest was simply dropped into a regular classroom with no extra support at all, it was difficult to suspend disbelief.
EL (K-3) -- OPTIONAL. Sydney G, K-6 Library Media Specialist
https://kissthebook.blogspot.com/2018...
It's time for Forest, the wild child Olive and her family found in the woods two weeks before, to start school. To complicate things, on the first day they discover they will be doing a class play of The Wizard of Oz. Forest has enough difficulty handling real life; how can he possibly handle the pretend world of a performance?
Like the previous book in the series, this one has a cute premise. It's just so over-the-top that I found myself constantly distracted by thoughts of, "That would never happen!" and that made it difficult to get into the flow. From a spaghetti-and-meatballs fight at lunch (where the only adult in a cafeteria full of kids is a lone lunch lady), to the idea that social services hasn't yet come knocking on Olive's door to investigate this abandoned child they took home, to the fact that Forest was simply dropped into a regular classroom with no extra support at all, it was difficult to suspend disbelief.
EL (K-3) -- OPTIONAL. Sydney G, K-6 Library Media Specialist
https://kissthebook.blogspot.com/2018...
August 7, 2018
Zann, Tara Forest's First Day of School (Wild Child #2), illustrated by Dan Widdowson. CHAPTER BOOK. Imprint (Macmillan), 2017. $6. 9781250103871
It's time for Forest, the wild child Olive and her family found in the woods two weeks before, to start school. To complicate things, on the first day they discover they will be doing a class play of The Wizard of Oz. Forest has enough difficulty handling real life; how can he possibly handle the pretend world of a performance?
Like the previous book in the series, this one has a cute premise. It's just so over-the-top that I found myself constantly distracted by thoughts of, "That would never happen!" and that made it difficult to get into the flow. From a spaghetti-and-meatballs fight at lunch (where the only adult in a cafeteria full of kids is a lone lunch lady), to the idea that social services hasn't yet come knocking on Olive's door to investigate this abandoned child they took home, to the fact that Forest was simply dropped into a regular classroom with no extra support at all, it was difficult to suspend disbelief.
EL (K-3) -- OPTIONAL. Sydney G, K-6 Library Media Specialist
https://www.perma-bound.com
It's time for Forest, the wild child Olive and her family found in the woods two weeks before, to start school. To complicate things, on the first day they discover they will be doing a class play of The Wizard of Oz. Forest has enough difficulty handling real life; how can he possibly handle the pretend world of a performance?
Like the previous book in the series, this one has a cute premise. It's just so over-the-top that I found myself constantly distracted by thoughts of, "That would never happen!" and that made it difficult to get into the flow. From a spaghetti-and-meatballs fight at lunch (where the only adult in a cafeteria full of kids is a lone lunch lady), to the idea that social services hasn't yet come knocking on Olive's door to investigate this abandoned child they took home, to the fact that Forest was simply dropped into a regular classroom with no extra support at all, it was difficult to suspend disbelief.
EL (K-3) -- OPTIONAL. Sydney G, K-6 Library Media Specialist
https://www.perma-bound.com
June 10, 2017
Interesting-unique concept for an easy chapter book....a wild boy learning to explore everything in civilization akin to the kid reader learning things about the world too, like school. Decent read.
April 25, 2017
Low score due to being too advanced for my age group of kids.
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