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.