- Reading level: Ages 4-8
- Hardcover: 32 pages
- Publisher: Balzer & Bray; 1 edition (June 22, 2010)
- ISBN-10: 006176275X
- Source: Personal copy
Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten is an charming and adorable book about preparing your child (or buffalo!) for kindergarten! It discusses things your kindergartner might be worIried about, including being shy & sharing. It assures children that they don’t need to know how to do all of these these before starting school. What I loved most about it was the underlying theme of “everyone is special in his/her own way.”
My youngest son, Justin, is starting kindergarten in just a few weeks. We purchased this book as soon as it released and we’ve read it several times since then, so I wanted to make sure to include his thoughts. To keep it simple, I asked what he liked about this book:
“I think the book is very silly. I thought it was funny when the buffalo tried to put on a suit and it was too small. The funniest funniest funniest part was when he was trying to balance on the tight rope! The tower of blocks they built was very cool! And when the buffalo got his bum stuck on the swing? That was very funny! Oh, and I liked the part when the buffalo got grumpy (I added: You know you can’t be grumpy at kindergarten?) Of course, Mom, but I can still like it!”
Justin picked up on the illustrations of Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten right away. The illustrator is Daniel Jennewein, and his drawings are the perfect complement to this story. They are quite humorous! Justin spent hours pouring over this book, talking about each of the illustrations.
Justin was very excited to hear that Audrey & Daniel will be in town in September for a signing. He’s looking forward to getting his first “autoscratch” (autograph).
I highly highly recommend this book to any child preparing to enter kindergarten. I think it will alleviate any fears they may have starting school.
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