Brand-New Pencils, Brand-New Books

The first day is exciting for Gilbert because he is going to 1st grade which is in the big kid school. Gilbert has new supplies such as new pencils and new notebooks. Lola, his younger sister, is going to be preschool. Gilbert and Patti (his best friend) both attend the first grade together. Mrs. By......more

I love this world. And I really love the art. The characters are well defined and very appealing. The plot of this is really good. That scary important first day of school. I really like the feel of the adults. The parents getting them ready and taking it easy while the children worry a bit about it......more

Diane deGroat is one of my favorite authors for children's literature. This book is great because it shows how nervous Gilbert is for a new school year, but then how every thing turns out okay. When the day starts off rough, Gilbert starts to get worried. At lunch though, the day turns around becaus......more

I think this book was very good. It was filled with great pictures and I enjoyed reading it. It was about Gilbert starting his first day of first grade. It walks you through his first day, his school materials and talked about his teacher. It also mentioned about his friend Patti and younger sister......more

It's the first day of 1st grade for Gilbert, and he's excited and nervous of what is going to happen. Will his new teacher be mean, or nice? Will he make new friends? Will he fit in? Will he learn all the rules? As the day progresses, he discovers that there are some differences in 1st grade, but al......more