First Day At Day Care (Allegra's Window) [Paperback]

Elenor Fremont (Author), Nate Evans (Illustrator)

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreS--These titles based on the "Sesame Street" spin-off, should prove to be adequate companions to the TV series. Allegra is a preschooler with cheese puff/multicolored hair and a bright pink face (kind of like Miss Piggy's kid sister minus the je ne sais quoi). She has a daddy and an older brother. Her life--in these stories, anyway--revolves around her activities at Ms. Melody's Little Blue Day Care. The books, with their watercolor illustrations, are less mind-numbingly passive than the TV show, but that doesn't make them good choices.

John Sigwald, Unger Memorial Library, Plainview, TX

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Paperback: 24 pages
• Publisher: Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon (April 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689804008
• ISBN-13: 978-0689804007
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 8 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,153,328 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ellen Weiss has lost count of how many kids' books she's written, that's how long she's been doing it. There are probably over 200, from board books to chapter books to middle-grade novels, fiction and nonfiction, silly and serious. They have won many awards, and have been adapted into a Disney TV movie and a BBC radio play. Two of them, THE TAMING OF LOLA and PORKY AND BESS, were named Bank Street Best Books of 2010. She loves to collaborate, and she often writes with her husband, Mel Friedman. She also loves to rescue stray dogs, but she had to stop when the aforementioned Mel Friedman told her he would divorce her if she brought home one more filthy, un-housebroken, weird mutt.