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Countdown to School
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Greg Paprocki’s Countdown to School is the perfect board book to read with your little one who is either getting ready to begin preschool or who has an older sibling or friend heading to school in the fall. It's nine days until school starts, and what...
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Greg Paprocki’s Countdown to School is the perfect board book to read with your little one who is either getting ready to begin preschool or who has an older sibling or friend heading to school in the fall.
It's nine days until school starts, and what do we do? We go shopping for school clothes, of course! Three days before school starts, we talk about our feelings because it is okay to be a bit nervous. And two days before school starts, we organise our school supplies and pack them into our backpack. We are ready to go!
Toddlers learn to count down from 10 to 1 as they mark the days until school begins, and they can practise counting by finding objects hidden throughout these fun back-to-school scenes in Paprocki’s classically retro mid-century art style. From finding green library books and blue water bottles to exploring the playground and visiting the classroom, there’s fun to be had on every page. Discover new details in each illustration with every successive reading of the book.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781423664802
Publisher: Gibbs M. Smith Inc
Format: Board book
Date Published: 04 June 2024
Country: United States
Imprint: Gibbs M. Smith Inc
Illustration: colour illustrations
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 162.0mm
Height: 213.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 24
About the Author
Greg Paprocki works full-time as an illustrator and book designer. He has illustrated several Curious George books, the Little Leonardo series, and the BabyLit alphabet board books including S Is for Santa, B Is for Boo, E Is for Easter, and T Is for Thankful. Titles in the Count and Find series include Countdown to Christmas, Countdown to Halloween, Day of the Dead, Christmas, and Trees. Greg’s Gibbs Smith titles have sold over 730K copies. He lives in Omaha, Nebraska.
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