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<p><P>It's the first day of first grade! Gilbert is looking forward to learning how to read and making new friends, but . . . <P> <blockquote> <P> Will the teacher be nice? <br> Will first grade be too hard? <br> Will he like his classmates? <br> Will <i>they</i> like <i>him</i>? <P> </blockquote> <P> Gilbert is excited and nervous at the same time!</p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p>In this prequel to deGroat's series of Gilbert tales (Happy Birthday to You, You Belong in a Zoo), the earnest young opossum survives-quite easily-his first day of first grade. As in the earlier stories, the author convincingly exposes her hero's emotions, which here are in tune with those experienced by any fledgling first grader. Gilbert is fearful that his teacher won't be nice and, in the classroom, he is embarrassed when he sits at the wrong desk and, at lunch, is afraid that he'll get sent to the principal if he doesn't eat his food. The narrative incorporates some equally true-to-life incidents that would comfort a new student (e.g., sitting by himself in the cafeteria, Gilbert is finally joined by a boy who has "the exact same Martian Space Pilot lunchbox" as he does). And deGroat reassuringly rev

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Author

Diane De Groat

Publisher

New York: HarperCollins Publishers

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780329603137

Category

children's

Subjects

Children'S, Fiction, Education

Rating

3.95 / 5 (100 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14