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Illustrated by
Melissa Sweet.
In smooth rhyming verse, little Bill lists everything he simply must bring to kindergarten: "I can't forget to take my mud. / (I'll write it on a list.) / For mud's what everybody loves / to muish and guish and squish." Luckily, Mom explains that his teacher will already have everything he needs. Childlike art illustrates this reassuring first-day-of-school story.