Clothesline Clues to the First Day of School [Paperback]

This sweet picture book perfect for ages three to six comes ready to read with catchy rhymes and visual cues for people students encounter as they embark on their first day of school.

Preschoolers and kindergarteners will love to get ready to go back to school by spotting Spot A+ clues on the clothesline to identify all the people who make starting school so much fun!

As you walk to school, can you tell who needs what to get ready for the first day of school? What does your teacher, the crossing guard, and your new friend have hanging on the line? Use your clothesline clues to figure out who wears what.

A fun follow-up to Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do and Clothesline Clues to Sports People Play, the clues in each lively verse can be spotted hanging from the clotheslines, causing new students and seasoned friends alike to guess who items belong to with every page turn.Following Jobs People Do (2012) and Sports People Play (2015), Heling, Hembrook, and Davies are back with another Clothesline Clues book, this time focusing on the different roles people might play in a school. As with the earlier books, a short stanza sets up the scene: High on the clotheslines / hang clue after clue. / It's the first day of school! / Who wants to meet you? The two spreads that follow first encourage readers to guess whose belongings are hanging on the clothesline and then reveal the answer. A coat; yellow hat, gloves, and safety vest; and a hand-held stop sign must belong to your crossing guard. A classroom teacher's things include a button-down shirt, bow tie, sport coat, book bag, and a class roster. The other jobs include cafeteria cook, custodian, and gym and art teachers. The final clothesline holds myriad pants, shirts, dresses, scarves, coats, and backpacks that belong to the new friends anxious to meet readelS(