I Love My Teacher

by Giles Andreae, Emma Dodd (Illustrator)

Overview

The popular I Love My . . . series continues with this sweet picturebook by Giles Andreae and Emma Dodd that focuses on the special bond between a student and teacher.


Quick, let's go! It's time for school!
My teachers there are pretty cool.


Race inside for a joy-filled day! School is full of fun, all thanks to a teacher who makes every school day the best. Full of energy and enthusiasm, this is a book all children will want to share with their favorite teacher.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781368053082
Publisher:	Disney Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/04/2021
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 6.20(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Giles Andreae is the award-winning, best-selling author of Giraffes Can't Dance, Rumble in the Jungle, and the companions to this book, I Love My Grandma; I Love You, Baby; I Love My Daddy; and I Love My Mommy, which won the Booktrust Early Years Award. He lives in Oxfordshire, England.


Emma Dodd has written and illustrated many books for children, including No Matter What; I Don' t Want a Posh Dog!; and the Booktrust Early Years Award-honored What Pet to Get? She also illustrated I Love My Grandma; I Love You, Baby; I Love My Daddy; I Love My Mommy; the popular Amazing Baby series; and the Dot and Dash series. Emma lives with her family in Surrey, England.

Editorial Reviews

2019-12-08
Andreae and Dodd's brush-headed toddler spreads the love wide.

This kid's enthusiasm for school is catching for all who hear Andreae's bouncy text. After recess, "We go back in to paint some more, / then stick our pictures on the door. / We make a lot of things as well. / This one's my favorite! Can you tell?" The cardboard rocket the tot shares with a close buddy sports their faces gazing from the round windows. Those preparing to attend school for the first time will appreciate this look at a typical classroom day, and their parents will hope their own offsprings' sendoffs are as easy: "Bye now, Mommy, you can go!" The teacher takes attendance, leads show and tell, teaches and praises, supervises play, sings a song, and helps the children—a diverse classroom, but the protagonist is white—get ready to go home. Still, this is not a perfect package. Though only one teacher, a woman with light-brown skin and hair, interacts with the child all day, the child initially refers to plural teachers (a white man stands in the doorway but is never seen again), and when readers are directed to look at the child's name tag, it's just a scribble. The purple duck some readers may remember from I Love You, Baby (2015) and earlier titles appears in just five of the 12 spreads, perhaps indicating increasing maturity.

A cheerily serviceable introduction to school routines. (Picture book. 3-5)

Kirkus Reviews