Review of ‘My First Day at School’
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Review of ‘My First Day at School’
Written by Meredith Costain and illustrated by Michelle Macintosh
Publisher: Windy Hollow Books
Age Range: Early childhood – lower primary
Themes: starting school, excitement, nerves, new experiences, verse, poetry, visual literacy.
We line up at the door
with all the other families . . .
I shake off Mum’s hand and run
inside to play.
So I was so pleased to be able to attend the launch of ‘My First Day at School’ at the StoryArts festival. Author Meredith Costain and illustrator Michelle Macintosh have clearly spent some time observing children on their first day of school if the range of emotions and experiences captured in both verse and illustrations in ‘My First Day at School’ are anything to by!
Meredith has penned a series of poems suitable for a young audience which build the narrative to tell the story of four children – Ari and Amira, Zach and Zoe – as they meet their teacher, make friends and laugh their way through their first day at school.
‘My First Day at School’ is a gorgeous peep inside a prep classroom and would make the perfect Christmas present for any little ones you have starting out at school in the new year.
‘My First Day at School’ Book Launch
As I mentioned earlier, the launch for this fab book was held at the equally fab StoryArts Festival. At the launch Year 1/2 students from Tivoli State School performed some of the key scenes from the book while older students narrated the action. Segments included leaving teary parents at the classroom door, meeting new friends – and making it to the toilet in time! The performance was directed by the Year 1/2 class teacher from Tivoli – the very talented Janet De Witt.
These photographs have been used with permission and are by the talented Julie Langlands of Aspire Photographics
What fun! and what a beautiful little school with that magnificent new library!