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Barnes, Derrick

The King of Kindergarten

32 pp. | Penguin/Paulsen | July, 2019 | Trade ISBN 978-1-5247-4074-0 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-5247-4075-7
(2) PS Illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton. Dubbed the "King of Kindergarten" by his mother, a boy wakes up, brushes his teeth ("Ye Royal Chiclets"), has breakfast with his proud parents, rides the school bus, and has a totally awesome first day of big-kid school. Barnes's direct-address text is lighthearted and reassuring, with its offstage narrator speaking directly to this child and to all rising kindergartners. Brantley-Newton's cartoony mixed-media illustrations surround the brown-skinned protagonist with warmth and comfort.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2019

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