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Books That Ease Back-To-School Woes
A great story can add fun to a return to the classroom
New rules, new teachers, new routines for going to bed — kids have a lot to adjust to as they return to elementary and preschool classrooms.
A great picture book can add fun to the transition. It can also introduce your child to unfamiliar situations that might arise during the school year, such as having a substitute teacher or hearing new classroom safety rules.
You might start with three picture books from award-winning authors, each of which deals with a common back-to-school challenge.
The challenge: Learning school safety rules
A helpful book: Officer Buckle and Gloria (Scholastic), by Peggy Rathmann, who won a Caldecott Medal for the book
Children who’ve had to take Covid 19-related precautions may need a few reminders about school safety rules don’t involve the pandemic.
Peggy Rathmann won the 1996 Caldecott Medal for this picture book, and her art doesn’t rank up there with that of honorees like Maurice Sendak, Chris Van Allsburg, and Virginia Lee Burton. But Officer Buckle and Gloria tells the lively story of a high-spirited dog who helps a luckless policeman teach schoolchildren vital safety lessons…
