I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. A story about wanting to bring your puppy to school. How can you say no to those puppy eyes?

This is such a cute book with some great illustrations. Benny going to school is funny and I think kids will definitely like this book.

A funny and heartwarming story of Sam and her dog, Benny. He wants to come to school with Sam, but dogs are not allowed inside school. So the adventure begins: how to make Benny go back home, how to make him stay outside the school, and all that follows.

This was a cute book about Sam and her dog Benny. This is the 4th book in this series, so we will look for the previous ones. In this story, Sam is going school and Benny wants to go with her but dogs aren't allowed at school. Sam can't resist Benny's pleading face, so lets him come with her. What happens once he gets there is a hoot. It causes quite a few problems for Sam. This is a story about the bond between a girl and her pet/best friend. I read this to my grandchildren and they thought it was pretty funny. They thought all the trouble was hilarious. I have to give credit to my oldest, who quickly pointed out that Sam could get in trouble for breaking the rules and not listening to the teacher. The illustrations by Marja Meijer were wonderful. They were colourful and detailed. Even the artwork in the hallway was shown with detail. I loved the way Sam was illustrated with her crazy hair and Benny's moustache. I do recommend this one.

(My netgalley copy expired but the library I work for purchased this title at my request.)
I feel like every little kid with a pet has dreamed of taking it with them to school. Reading Benny Goes to School lives out that fantasy and shows all of us that we should be glad we didn't act on that urge in the cutest, silliest way possible! Now that it is out and we have a library copy I've read it at story time with the kids and it was definitely a hit!

This is sweet and fun and I absolutely added it to my 'must-read' book lists for back to school books! Please make this a series!

Awesome read! My boy loved the book. It helped him become school ready. Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

Overall I like this book. It’s about a dog Benny who goes with his owner Sam to school but can’t come in and proceeds to play in the playground until everybody else comes out and joins. This is a standard story and take the illustrations are wonderful. Maybe it’s the news about students getting attacked in bathrooms or the dogs loose in school that ends up harming people but there’s just something that well makes one feel a little off. I think it’s adorable. it just sits a funny way with me and I can’t exactly say why. I like this book but…

If you’re as much of a dog and animal lover as I am, it’s hard to resist a tale of a loving furry friend spending the day with one of its favorite human while she goes to school. Sam knows dogs aren’t mean for school, but she can’t resist little Benny’s sad puppy eyes (I feel ya, Sam). How does it go? You’ll just have to read to find out. Don’t worry – lots of love and laughter are in store.

I can't judge if this measures up to the Sam & Benny books because I haven't read any of them. However, my baby enjoyed listening and I enjoyed reading.

Benny The dog goes to school with his girl, Sam, and is only allowed to play after numerous teacher complaints. Benny the dog has a lot of character and emotion thanks to the illustrations. In contrast to his genuine tail, he actually has something resembling a moustache.

Benny Goes to School
by Judith Koppens
Pub Date :Aug 2, 2022
Clavis Publishing
Children's Fiction
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Description :
A story about a caring girl and her enthusiastic dog. For tail-wagging and non-tail-wagging readers ages 4 years and up.

It’s time for Sam to go to school. She stuffs her backpack as Benny watches. “Bye, Benny, see you later.” But Benny doesn’t want to stay home alone; he wants to go with her! Sam knows that doggies don’t belong at school. But how can she resist those sad puppy eyes? So she says yes, just this once. What will the teacher say?
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Benny Goes to School is a cute and heartwarming story about the bond between a little girl named Sam and her dog Benny. It was the first day of school and Benny did not want to be apart from Sam. Nor did Sam want to be apart from him. I love the bonds dogs have with their little people. My daughter loved this story and laughed all the way through it because of all the funny things Benny done at school. I however had some issues with it. Sending a message to children that it's okay to disobey their teacher, and break the rules is not ok.

Marja Meijer did such a wonderful job with the Illustrations. They are bright, cute and very detailed. I loved the messy hair, bright red desk, plants in the classroom, and kids artwork in the hallway. Benny was cute too , although I'm not sure why he had a huge Mustache.
I think a lot of kids ages 4 -7 would love this book.

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This was a fun story about Sam and her dog Benny. Sam has to go to school and leave Benny, but when he gives her *that* look she can’t just leave him home!

With whimsical illustrations (although I don’t really get the dog mustache?) Sam and Benny have a day full of hijinx. Cute and quick read.

OK, welcome everybody. Today we have not one, not two, but FOUR newcomers to class, all showing how awkward it can be to attend a new school, or indeed school for the first time. Let’s look at each in turn, eh?

First we have EMMA’S FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL (9781605377834), which shows a young girl with the bird’s-nest hair she inherited from her mother, having doubts about going to school. She takes the brave decision to reassure herself in her favourite dressing-up costume, which makes her look like a flamingo of all things. But she loves flamingos, and she needs to be herself. It’s a bit odd that nobody else is having their first day of school, and that we see no staff, but the kids there already with full knowledge of where everything is take to the bizarre sight wonderfully; job done. Don’t come here for logicality (and real responses to a flamingo walking into your form room), but this is pretty and the purpose is served.

On Emma’s left is BENNY GOES TO SCHOOL (9781605377803), part of an established series. Sam is told she cannot take her dog Benny to school, but Benny has other ideas. It’s not strictly about a kid with doubts about how much enjoyment, punishment and everything else the teachers will deliver, but it does make the place a welcome-seeming environment – again, through some daft lapses of reality – so it earns a place at this table.

Still going round, we have OLLIE’S BACK-TO-SCHOOL BEAR (9781398500044) – and there have been three of these before, as well. Ollie runs off the night before her first day in class, when she hears an owl calling outside. Indeed all the animals form a train of characters – and they all go to school, and willingly, but for one shy little bear. Ollie helps the bear, the bear helps Ollie, and she’s fine with the idea of the big, bold building when dawn breaks. Subtly coloured, this looks drab perhaps at first glance, but is definitely charming enough when that’s called for.

Finally we welcome YOUR SCHOOL IS THE BEST! (9780735271647), again a sequel, to a book showing how delightful a cockroach thinks a kid’s birthday party is, much to the lad’s upset. Here the whole roach family smuggle themselves into school, and this is more about the comedy of the bugs’ misassumptions about how great it is for us to have them around than it is about schools. A black sheep of our little family, then, but not one to be ignored. And the lesson is clearly that if you don’t have a flamingo costume, perhaps it’s best to not go for a cockroach one instead. But hey, boldness and making sure you feel at home are to be encouraged.

A diverse class, then, which we like – and yet all get the same strong four stars. I’d recommend buying any or all – and quickly, because there’ll be a test on them shortly.

This is really a heartwarming story. Benny is really cute. I really enjoyed reading this book. The relationship between Sam and Benny is really heart touching. I loved the pictures. I felt really happy after reading this book.

This is a cute tale of a dog who doesn't want to be apart from his human, though it does send a strange message to children that it's okay to disobey your teacher, AND break the rules. A nice compromise is reached, but what happens the next day . . . and the day after that?

On the plus side, Marja Meijer's illustrations are quite endearing.

My baby girl loves this dog so much, now she wants a dog to go to school with her. There's nothing else need to be said., but maybe one day i'll get her a dog.

Sam gets ready for school, and Benny (her dog) wants to tag along. Sam tells him dogs aren’t allowed at school but takes him anyway. What follows is Sam’s dilemma and Benny’s antics at school.
This is a sweet book (and the fourth in the series) with Sam and Benny. Kids will love the story and want a similar adventure for themselves (parents and teachers, be prepared). The teacher is stern yet understanding and playful.
The illustrations are done in watercolors and have a cartoon-like feel. What I love are the messy hairstyles and long noses of the characters. Kids, right! They have messy hair (heck, even I do).
The kids even sit in different ways on their chairs. I couldn’t help but chuckle at their expression in the class. The teacher’s corkscrew curls are so cute! I love how the kiddo books these days show diverse classrooms.
To summarize, Benny Goes to School is a playful and heartwarming story about the bond between a little girl and her pet dog.
I received an ARC from NetGalley and Clavis Publishing and am voluntarily leaving a review.

I really loved this adorable book about a girl and her dog who just wants to come to school with her. The illustrations were cute and well-done and the story itself was heart warming and funny. I loved the message about the importance of having love for animals and how a little flexibility can give someone the best day of their life! Definitely recommend for kiddos and their parents.

This was an adorable book about Sam and her dog Benny. Sam is about to go school and Benny wants to go with her but dogs aren't allowed at the school. Benny ends up going to the school and causes quite some problems for Sam. It was a sweet story and I really liked this book. Having a pet is like having a best friend and this book will teach young kids the affection for pets. I'd definitely recommend this book.

This was a cute children's book about a little girl who brings her rambunctious dog Benny to school one day. The artwork was bright and fun in this one.