First Grade Dropout - by Audrey Vernick (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A humorous picture book about a first grader who makes a mistake so hugely humiliating (and hilarious) that he can't possibly go back to elementary school.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The first grade narrator of this book has been lots of things: Hungry. Four years old. Crazy bored. Soaking wet. Pretty regular kid . . . until he makes a mistake so big that he's sure he will never be able to go back to Lakeview Elementary School. All readers, even those not in first grade, will find the narrator's feelings familiar, and discover that even though embarrassing things happen, they're usually not as bad as they seem. And sometimes they're even funny!<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>* "Vernick's tousled-haired hero may feel miserable, but he has the self-awareness, timing, and raconteurship of a master monologist; readers will be won over from his intriguing opening line ("I've been lots of things") and quickly assured that this, too, shall pass." <br><b>--<i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review</b> <p/> "Cordell's ink-and-watercolor illustrations masterfully portray the first-person narrator's every emotion: chagrin, nervousness, embarrassment, sadness, anger. A sure conversation-starter about empathy." <br><i><b>--Kirkus</b></i> <p/> "With cartoonish, frenetic lines and messy blobs of color, the childish feel of Cordell's illustrations make Vernick's message clear: school life and friendship can be confusing...Many readers will recognize themselves in these pages." <br><i><b>--Booklist</b></i> <p/> "Vernick's tightly wound age-appropriately self-absorbed narrator is hugely relatable, but readers will also get that he's overdoing it...a riot as well as an analgesic." <br><i><b>--Horn Book Magazine</b></i> <p/> "This winning picture book will be popular for its entertainment value, as well as for its potential to introduce ideas about empathy." <br><i><b>--School Library Journal</b></i> <p/> "The amusingly brassy and exaggerated text is clever, deploying hyperbole to make a genuinely humiliating situation into something kids can chuckle at with sympathy." <br><i><b>--Bulletin</b></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Audrey Vernick</b> is the author of <i>Brothers at Bat</i> and <i>Edgar's Second Word</i>. She lives with her family near the ocean in New Jersey. Visit her website at www.audreyvernick.com. <p/><b>Matthew Cordell</b> has illustrated many books for children, including the picture book <i>Hello Hello</i>. He lives with his wife and their two children outside of Chicago, Illinois. Visit his website at www.matthewcordell.com.</p> <br>
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