Genre: Picture Book Audience: Ages 4-8 Topic: Starting Kindergarten Theme: Being confident in who you are, the importance of making new friends Reading Level: Transitional Readers Curricular Uses: Read Aloud, Independent Reading Literary Elements: Rhyme, repetition, alliteration, dialogue Illustrations: Cute, colorful illustrations support the text for readers. Additional Comments: This is a great book to read to children to calm their fears about starting school. There are also some useful elements that could be discussed such as the alliteration with Barnaby and Bailey's names, as well as the rhyme at the beginning of the story. This is a very cute story that I would recommend reading at the beginning of kindergarten or before children go to kindergarten. Even though the topic is targeted at children starting kindergarten, I still think that students in 1st and 2nd grade would enjoy reading this book during independent reading times.