Es la primera vez que Jacobo va al preescolar y eso lo tiene preocupado: ¿Cuando volverá su papá a buscarlo? ¿Le gustará y se sentirá seguro en este lugar desconocido?. Poco a poco con la ayuda de sus nuevos amigos y una maestra muy cariñosa irá tomando confianza, aprenderá a compartir juegos, conocer historias y hacer nuevos amigos, hasta tendrá planes para el día siguiente.

Una historia amena y con hermosas ilustraciones que puede resultar una buena ayuda para que los padres preparen a sus pequeños en afrontar esta nueva etapa en sus vidas. También tiene el valor añadido de presentar el relato tanto en Español como en Inglés en cada página, colaborando con los primeros pasos en la educación bilingüe.

While the content (about the first day of school and what happens when the child doesn't quite understand what it is) is below my daughters level, it was in Spanish and English which helped her to learn some new words as someone just starting to learn Spanish.

Not exactly earth-shattering, this shows a child on his first day at school, but the piece underplays his doubts about enjoying it – it's a few pages in when we really understand his comment about not staying, as if it's a temporary burden on a couple of hours of his day. Still, he shows he has the right friendliness, cooperation and creativity to fit right in, he takes a lot of clothes off (don't ask), and all is well in the end. It is a very early reader for someone who has doubts about enjoying school, but I can't see it firmly shining in that category – except for this being a bilingual edition, with the whole thing in Spanish positioned above the English original. That might be what is needed to distinguish this. Three and a half stars.

Four-year-old Jacob goes to his first day of preschool. But he thinks it should be a short visit, so he doesn’t bother removing his coat, scarf, hat or mittens! But Jacob’s kind fellow student Lara make him feel happy to be at school. This wonderful bilingual picture book has a fabulous message, sure to prove reassuring to anxious children about to go to school. And Yael Weinroth’s illustrations are the perfect accompaniment to Miriam Cohen’s words.

In the interest of full disclosure, I received this book from NetGalley and Star Bright Books in exchange for an honest review.

Jacobo tiene cuatro años y va a su primer día del prescolar. ¡Él ni siquiera quiere quitarse su abrigo, bufanda, sombrero o guantes! Afortunadamente los compañeros de escuela le hacen a Jacobo sentirse feliz estar en el colegio. Este libro de cuentos con imágenes tiene un mensaje fabuloso para niños nerviosos. Las ilustraciones de Yael Weinroth pegan perfectamente con las palabras escritas por Miriam Cohen en este libro bilingüe.

En aras de una divulgación completa, recibí este libro de NetGalley y Star Bright Books a cambio de una reseña honesta.