Last Day, Hooray! [Library Binding]

Nancy Poydar (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up

Last Day, Hooray! Four, three, two, ONE! The last day of school is finally here. For Ivy and her friends it's time to take down pictures, clean shelves and say good-bye. But there is also time for one last surprise. In this companion to "First Day, Horray!," Nancy Poydar perfectly captures the excitement and fun of the final day of school and the beginning of summer vacation.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 2-In this companion to First Day, Hooray! (Holiday, 1999), Poydar celebrates the excitement surrounding the final day of school. Staff and students alike anticipate the long-awaited summer break as they engage in various activities (taking down pictures, signing cards, cleaning up, saying good-bye). The minds of these characters are clearly already on vacation, and as the fish tank is scrubbed clean, giant soap bubbles with pictures of summer daydreams form over their heads. The gouache illustrations bustle with activity and typify the details of a school environment, complete with student artwork on the walls and papers on the floor. A good choice for easing the end-of-the-year good-byes.-Melinda Piehler, Sawgrass Elementary School, Sunrise, FL
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From Booklist

K-Gr. 2. Taking a more diffuse approach to the same subject as Boelt's When It's the Last Day of School (reviewed above), this picture book spotlights Ms. Bell's class on the last day of school. As the children ride the school bus, the principal, maintenance man, and teachers prepare for the day. Students and staff all pitch in to clean up the school. As they work, they dream of what they'll do in the summer, which, in the illustrations, appear in bubbles above their heads. Brimming with characters and activity, the colorful gouache paintings look crowded and busy at close range but show up better at a short distance. No surprises here, just a cheerful, idyllic vision of the last day of school as experienced by elementary-school students and staff. Carolyn Phelan
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Library Binding: 32 pages
• Publisher: Holiday House (March 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0823418073
• ISBN-13: 978-0823418077
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,744,557 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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