All About Starting School by Felicity Brooks

All About Starting School by Felicity Brooks

What is a school? Why do we have to go there? How will we get there? What do we need to take? Who will we meet and what will we do when we are there?

These and many more questions are answered in this engaging and reassuring introduction to schools of all kinds. Children can find out about who works in a school, what happens during the school day and get tips on how to make friends.

- Includes Quicklinks for further information and useful notes for grown-ups on helping prepare children for the big day.
- Help build essential vocabulary
- Encourages conversation about starting school
- Supports early years curriculum

Chapters in this book include:
- What is school?
- Why do you need to go to school?
- Getting ready for school
- Getting to school
- What's in a classroom?
- Who works at a school?
- What will you do at school?
- What else happens at school?
- Lunchtime at school
- Making friends
- Going on a school trip
- Different kinds of schools
- How do you feel about school?
- Some useful school words
- Some notes for grown-ups

Felicity has worked for Usborne for over 30 years and has written and edited hundreds of titles, from books on tractors to genetics, from Shakespeare to mental health, and plenty of sparkly unicorns. Felicity is an expert in making tricky topics friendly and accessible to young children and recently has been writing books that celebrate feelings, friendship, empathy, families, and diversity. When she's not writing or researching very specific details on dinosaurs, Felicity can be found tramping through fields and forests foraging for food or just curled up with a bag of Twiglets, a couple of cats and a crossword.

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ISBN 13	9781835408841
ISBN 10	1835408842
Title	All About Starting School
Author	Felicity Brooks
Series	All About
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Usborne Publishing Ltd
Year published	2025-05-08
Number of pages	32
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.