From Kirkus: "A novel though probably not universal look at first-day jitters."

It's Lena's first day of kindergarten and she's so excited to go. She picked out all of her favorite clothes to wear, but she has one problem: Lena's favorite shoes are nervous! Lena's dad suggests that they talk to the shoes, but Lena thinks that's silly because they're shoes. Lena's dad then asks how Lena's other clothes are feeling. Lena's socks were nervous too, but Lena's dress couldn't wait for kindergarten. So, Lena's dad suggests that Lena's dress should talk to Lena's shoes, but Lena doesn't think that's a very good idea because the two don't get along. Then Lena remembers that her headband could talk to the shoes because all of her clothes love her headband. The shoes are shy and embarrassed at first, but Lena encourages her shoes to use their words. The shoes finally tell the headband that the school is big, loud, and different, so they'd rather not go. Then the headband tells the shoes about all the times they were scared but decided to be brave together and how things still worked out, but Lena's shoes still weren't convinced. Lena then decides that she might have to go to kindergarten with her slippers instead until the shoes finally decide to be brave and go with Lena to her first day of kindergarten.

I really enjoyed this story and I think it would be great to read to younger students, especially on their first day of school. This book had me laughing, so I know the students would be laughing their butts off with this book. This is a book I'll definitely keep in mind when I become a teacher. ( )

This is an original take on a back-to- school first day book.This book tackles the anxiety/ nervousness of going to your first day of school. ( )