The Horn Book Guide

EASY READERS

Weiss, Ellen

My First Day at Camp

32 pp. | Gareth | September, 1999 | Library ISBN 0-8368-2418-0 $$19.93

(4) K-3 Bank Street Ready-to-Read series. Illustrated by Rebecca McKillip Thornburgh. Anna's first day of camp goes better than she anticipates, thanks, she thinks, to her lucky penny. She makes a new friend, enjoys camp activities, and looks forward to the next day. When she finds her penny at home, she realizes she "had lots of good luck without it." Large print and cartoony illustrations make this appealing to beginning readers, despite the institutional-looking cover.

Reviewer: Amanda Sullivan