Natalie: School's First Day of Me

That's Nat! #3

by Dandi Daley Mackall, Lys Blakeslee (Illustrator)

Natalie has big five-year-old dreams for her future. So big, that her heart gets thumpy with excitement. Nat uses her very own words to tell about her hopes, struggles, and adventures. This makes the That’s Nat! series perfect for young readers just ready for chapter books. Is School Ready for Natalie? Natalie’s jitters go away when she sees her “kindie-garden” room. She decides her first day of school is going to be the best ever—one she’ll never forget. And one the school won’t forget, either!

96 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2009

About the author

A professional writer for over 20 years, Dandi Daley Mackall has written dozens of articles for popular magazines and published around 500 books for children and adults alike, with sales of over 4 million.

A frequent guest on radio and television talk shows, she lives in rural Ohio with her husband, three children, horses, dogs, & cats. Awards include the Edgar Award for Best YA Mystery, the Helen Keating Ott Award for Contributions to Children's Literature; Distinguished Alumni Award from Mizzou; ALA Best Book; Christian Children's Book of the Year, Amelia Bloom, Mom's Choice Awards. Her YA novel, My Boyfriends' Dogs, is now a Hallmark movie.

Reviews

[Natalie]

Disneyland is in California, not Florida.

[Taelyn]

This is probably the greatest book I've ever read. It has a weird title. It is about how Natalie goes to Kindergarten.