School [Hardcover]

Emily Arnold McCully (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 2 and up | Grade Level: P and up

This wordless book ‘illustrates the bustling activities of the mouse children as they prepare for school on a brilliant fall morning. Insatiable curiosity gets the better of the youngest child, who sets off to discover for himself what school is all about.Warm, wise, and humorous.’ —SLJ.

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

The exuberant mouse family of Picnic and First Snow returns in another fully captivating wordless picture book. Left alone with Mama while the eight older mice hurry off to school, the smallest mouse decides to follow them. This sibling manages to creep into school and take a seat without attracting the teacher's notice but is soon discovered when, in imitation of the others, it raises a hand andhorrors!is called upon. Happily, there is still time for the little mouse to enjoy snacks and a story hour with the class before Mama comes to claim it. Once again, McCully demonstrates that a picture can be worth a thousand words. Her watercolors ably capture the sudden loneliness and uncontainable curiosity of the youngest sibling left behind, and her portrayals of life in the family and classroom burst with happy antics and commotion. A warm and joyous book, with the colors of autumn shimmering throughout. Ages 3-6.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 1–When Bitty's older brothers and sisters depart for school, the toddler mouse follows them to their quaint one-room schoolhouse and joins the class. Discovered by the teacher, Bitty is invited to be her helper for math, snack time, and storytime. After a phone call from the teacher, a worried Mom picks up her errant but happy daughter and heads home. First published in 1987 as a wordless book, School has been reissued in a larger format with a few but well-chosen lines of text. The words and the larger, lush watercolor-and-pen illustrations will bring this classic story of a curious mouse to a generation of new readers.–Marge Loch-Wouters, Menasha's Public Library, WI
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (July 5, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0066238560
• ISBN-13: 978-0066238562
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 7.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,869,049 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Emily Arnold McCully was born left handed in Illinois and was transplanted to Long Island, where she grew up. A tree climber, bike rider, fort builder and ball player, she also devoted hours every day to reading and drawing. She majored in art history at college and acted and wrote for the theater. She lived in Europe for a year researching her Master's thesis, also in art history. Back in New York, she took to the streets with a portfolio of sample illustrations. Early assignments were for book jackets, magazine stories and pharmaceutical ads. A poster displayed in subway cars caught the attention of a children's book editor and a new career was launched. After illustrating other peoples' texts for several years and publishing two adult novels (A Craving and life Drawing) McCully began writing her own picture books.
She has been awarded the Caldecott Medal, Christopher Award, Jane Addams Award, O'Henry Award and many others.
She has two sons and lives in New York and Columbia County, N.Y., where she maintains a large garden.

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