- Reading level: Ages 4-8
- Hardcover: 32 pages
- Publisher: Balzer & Bray; 1 edition (June 22, 2010)
- ISBN-10: 006176275X
- Source: Personal copy
Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten is an charming and adorable book about preparing your child (or buffalo!) for kindergarten! It discusses things your kindergartner might be worIried about, including being shy & sharing. It assures children that they don’t need to know how to do all of these these before starting school. What I loved most about it was the underlying theme of “everyone is special in his/her own way.”
My youngest son, Justin, is starting kindergarten in just a few weeks. We purchased this book as soon as it released and we’ve read it several times since then, so I wanted to make sure to include his thoughts. To keep it simple, I asked what he liked about this book:
“I think the book is very silly. I thought it was funny when the buffalo tried to put on a suit and it was too small. The funniest funniest funniest part was when he was trying to balance on the tight rope! The tower of blocks they built was very cool! And when the buffalo got his bum stuck on the swing? That was very funny! Oh, and I liked the part when the buffalo got grumpy (I added: You know you can’t be grumpy at kindergarten?) Of course, Mom, but I can still like it!”
Justin picked up on the illustrations of Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten right away. The illustrator is Daniel Jennewein, and his drawings are the perfect complement to this story. They are quite humorous! Justin spent hours pouring over this book, talking about each of the illustrations.
Justin was very excited to hear that Audrey & Daniel will be in town in September for a signing. He’s looking forward to getting his first “autoscratch” (autograph).
I highly highly recommend this book to any child preparing to enter kindergarten. I think it will alleviate any fears they may have starting school.
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I loved this book too and bought a copy for our great nephew even though he has another year before kindergarten. The illustrations are fantastic!
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Oh yay! I’m going to recommend this to my husband’s cousin, whose daughter will be starting school soon. It makes me so happy to see reviews of this one around
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Oh Jenn, can I ask a favor?! If I send you money, will you buy a copy and get it signed for me next month? I want to give this to my best friend’s little boy!
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I intend to buy a copy for my niece and nephew!
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Audrey and Daniel aren’t making it up to our corner of the US
I’m ordering a copy from our local bookstore – our youngest starts Kindergarten this fall, too.
I enjoyed Justin’s review … and hope he likes seeing the author/illustrator and getting an ‘autoscratch!’
Jennifer,
Your book reviews for various family members expand our horizons…. Thanks for that and the love and laughter that comes across in your reviews. I love Justin’s comments. It was as if I were there with you, hearing him speak. These memories you make now are precious.
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What a great review! Sounds like a darling book that I’ll keep in mind to recommend to soon-to-be kindergarteners and their parents.