Peanut Butter's First Day of School

by Terry Border

Get ready for the first day of school with Peanut Butter and friends, the popular characters from award-winning author Terry Border.

Peanut Butter has a big day tomorrow--it's his first day at a new school! With help from his friends, Peanut Butter can have a great first day, because they'll all go together: Peanut Butter and Hamburger and Cupcake and Egg and Meatball and French Fries and Soup and... of course Jelly.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, School, Food, Fiction, Friendship

32 pages, Paperback

Published June 5, 2018

Reviews

[Charlotte · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked the pictures but I didn't like the story very much.

[Mosley · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's the fun pictures that really make this book. They are just so stinking cute.

[Becky · Rating 3 out of 5]

First sentence: Peanut Butter was scared. Tomorrow was the first day of school! Peanut Butter was new in town, but he had already made some friends.

Premise/plot: This LEVEL 2 early reader is narrated by an open face peanut butter sandwich. Peanut Butter is more than a little worried about starting school and making friends. On the day before school starts, Peanut Butter practices his walk to school, on the way he meets a few people who are also starting school: a cupcake, an egg, a bowl of soup, and Jelly (an open face jelly sandwich). He even ends up joining a soccer game. (Readers don't properly meet ALL the people on the field.) The book then shows his first day of school.

My thoughts: What a strange book. I say strange, and I mean it, yet even though I was never sure at any given time if I was "liking" it...I remained mesmerized by the illustrations. Each page proved interesting or fascinating. Even when the story was less so. The story, as you can imagine, isn't all that unique. The illustrations are.

Text: 2 out of 5
Illustrations: 4 out of 5
Total: 6 out of 10

[Cindy Mitchell *Kiss the Book* · Rating 5 out of 5]

Peanut Butter’s First Day of School by Terry Border. EARLY READER. Penquin Young Readers (Penquin), 2018. $15. 9781524784850

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ESSENTIAL

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH

Peanut Butter is nervous about the first day of school. His mother is encouraging, and he finds many enjoyable experiences through the support of his friends.

A fun book! It is level 2-I for Progressing Readers, so many younger children can read it by themselves. The illustrations are photos of ordinary objects with wire added to pose them in life-like ways. The characters are food! Really clever, and children will relate to the first-day-of-school jitters.

Maureen, Library Teacher
https://kissthebook.blogspot.com/2018...

[Rose Rosetree · Rating 5 out of 5]

When you think of FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, Goodreaders, do you think of food?

I mean, food as the "kids" who are going to school. What a wild fantasy here!

We're talking about students like:
* Peanut Butter
* Hamburger
* Cupcake
* Egg
* Meatball
* French Fries, and
* Soup

Due to clever craft creations and photos, the story sprongs along. Diverting if you're a kid who's a Level 2 Reader.

FIVE STARS, sure.

[sekeina eberson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very humorous

This book is so cute ,I love all the details they put on all the Characters In this book from the cupcake, apple, and the peanut butter sandwich my class loves this book..

[Matthew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Eggs-cellent! The ending was kind of abrupt but overall kept in the style of the rest of Mr. Borders' books.

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

An elementary and up easy reader up peanut butter heading to school for the first time and being nervous. Done with real life pictures of foods.

[The Book Box]

August 2020: Time for back to school books!

[Just a Girl Fighting Censorship · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as creative as other books from Terry, but fine for a young reader.

[The Bookish Panda]

A cute little book about a new kid going to a new school and making friends even though he is scared. My little guy thought the pictures of food as the characters were funny.