Gabor, Nicole. First Day of School with Ji-Young. Sesame Street Firsts. Lerner, 08/2025. 24pp. Nonfiction. PLB $30.65. 979-8765661048. Paper $9.99. 979-8765684825. GRADES Preschool–1. ADDITIONAL.
SERIES REVIEW: Sesame Street and Lerner’s six-title series explores some of the first experiences young children have, including topics like: starting school, getting a library card, riding a school bus, losing a tooth, and visiting the dentist or doctor. These titles use engaging, simple, direct, and easy-to-understand sentences, paired with appropriate color photographs and character dialogue (directed to the reader for engagement) to inform and help young children and early readers. These topics have been covered many times before, but the full-size photographs, reader-directed dialogue, and inclusion of child-friendly Sesame Street characters make for useful replacements for older titles on these subjects. Each title includes information that helps the reader (or listener) understand the topic, plus an engaging activity, a simple glossary, index, and other suggested titles. A variety of Sesame Street characters are spread throughout each title, one per double-page spread, often paired with an ethnically diverse cast of human children. Useful titles for parents helping early readers understand these topics.
Joshua Rees—Daly City Public Library