<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Just days before she starts kindergarten, a little girl wonders what to do about the number-one rule told to her by a first grader--"you can't ask anyone for help"--if she indeed needs help. This gentle story is ideal for both children and their parents with first-day jitters. Full color.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>It's just ten days before kindergarten, and this little girl has heard all there is to know--from a <i>first grader</i>--about what it's going to be like. You can't bring your cat, you can't bring a stuffed animal, and the number one rule? You can't ask anyone for help. Ever. So what do you do when your shoes come untied, if you're the only one in the class who doesn't know how to tie them up again?<br> Told with gentle humor by Alison McGhee and brought to exuberant life by <i>New Yorker </i>cartoonist Harry Bliss, this lighthearted take on pre-kindergarten anxiety will bring a smile to the face of every child--and parent--having first-day jitters.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A great book for easing the worries of a kindergartner.--<i>Boston Herald</i> <p/>Witty . . . an amiable exploration of new-school anxiety.--<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>ALISON McGHEE </b>is the author of the novels <i>Shadow Baby</i> and <i>Rainlight</i>, which was awarded the Great Lakes College Association New Writers Award and the Minnesota Book Award. <i>Countdown to Kindergarten</i> is her first book for children. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. <p/><b>HARRY BLISS</b> is a regular cartoonist for <i>The New Yorker</i>, and the illustrator of <i>A Fine, Fine School</i> and <i>Which Would You Rather Be? </i>He lives in Vermont.<br>
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