New experiences can be scary, especially going to school for the first time.
Ever wonder what to tell your child who may be apprehensive about going to preschool? Award winning author and early childhood educator, Sylvia Rouss, has written another book inspired by the children in her own classroom. She takes the verses of Ecclesiastes—the ones that inspired Pete Seeger's song "Turn, Turn, Turn"—and transforms them into an entertaining look at what kids can look forward to in preschool.
Through photos from an actual preschool class, In My Preschool shows all the new and exciting activities your child can experience. They learn that there's a time to talk and to listen, to play and be quiet, to walk and to run, to be messy and clean, to be noisy and be quiet and much more. Most importantly, they can see that preschool isn’t scary at all, but a place that’s fun.
In My Preschool, There is a Time for Everything will delight the young readers of Rouss’s Sammy Spider series and the Littlest series. Sylvia Rouss’s stories have been translated into Spanish, Dutch, French and Portuguese with almost one million copies of her books sold to children around the world.
Dragonfeather Books
30 pp. ● 7.44x9.69
$14.95 (pb) ● $5.99 (eb)
ISBN 978-1-960373-06-9 (pb)
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Topics / New Experience
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Topics / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
Publication date: June 20, 2023
Sylvia A. Rouss grew up in California and first began writing for the children in her preschool class. As an early childhood educator, she was the recipient of the Samuel Glasner Creative Teaching Award and the Grinspoon Steinhardt Award for excellence in Jewish education. Sylvia credits the children in her classroom for her inspiration. She is the author of more than 50 published books including the Sammy Spider series, as well as The Littlest series. She received the National Jewish book Award for her story, The Littlest Pair and she received the Sydney Taylor Honor Award for Sammy Spider’s First Trip to Israel and Mitzvah the Mutt. Sammy Spider’s First Shavuot and Tali’s Jerusalem Scrapbook were named Sydney Taylor Notable Books. Sylvia resides in Oxnard with her husband, Jeff, and has three married adult children and seven grandchildren. Besides family and writing, she maintains a busy schedule that includes lecturing and book readings throughout the United States, Europe and Israel. Her stories have been translated into Spanish, Dutch, French and Portuguese.