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The action alternates between Miss B's vigorous efforts to get her classroom ready, and the attitudes of the 26 children as they prepare for their new experience. Author Joe Slate and illustrator Ashley Wolff have created a kindergarten classic. As a school librarian, I think a copy of this delightful book should be in the home of every in-coming kindergartner and in every elementary school library, and every kindergarten room should have the entire series. There are examples of every feeling - Danny Hess rushes to dress, Fran Lister kisses her sister, and Ian Lowe says "I won't go." The story is warm and wonderful, the illustrations are gorgeous, and the book is so rich in amusing details that it will be read and re-read many times. The book has several facets - the alphabet, rhyming text, a teacher's tasks, and students' feelings. Miss Bindergarten (a border collie) has 26 students (each a different animal), and their names start with the 26 letters of the alphabet. Thank you, Mr. Slate and Ms Wolff.
"What kind of animal is he." "Ummm. This is one of them. Few books on my shelf are worthy of my preschool daughter committing to memory in its entirety. a hippotamus." (okay, she may have left out a syllable but that's essentially right). I'd read the other reviews here of course, but until the book arrived I didn't realize that Miss Bindergarten is a dog. I was not sure my daughter would accept that a dog is the kindergarten teacher, but I explained it to her just once and she was fine with it.This morning I asked her "What does Henry Fetter do." "He fights his sweater." she replied (which is correct). .and I quizzed her on other animals too, most of which she got right. It will only be a matter of time before she starts reciting the book to me, even though she can't really read.
I read this book to my Kindergarten class every year at the beginning of school.It's perfect because the illustrations are colorful and bright, the text is easy to understand and age-appropriate AND Miss Bindergarten does all the exact same things WE do. The class finds that so amazing.
I gave the book to both my granddaughters, they both entered kindergarten this year. They loved it.
Mom of 5 1/2 year old who reads sight words, knows alphabet, etc and the book was OK / cute, but nothing all that great as many reviews shared. The rhymes work but nothing my daughter will be able to read on her own as they aren't "typical" words in some cases. Additionally, while the pictures do tell a bit of the story each page has very few words and getting through every letter of the alphabet takes many pages which I felt the concept of the teacher setting up her room to get lost a bit.Overall I found I had to add the many missing pieces to guide my daughter to get the various details from the book.for example the teacher setting up her room and making it welcoming, children do various things before the leave for school, etc.
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