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It’s the First Day of School…Forever
by R.L. Stine
Paperback, 183 Pages
Published July 5th 2011
by Feiwel & Friends

ISBN 978-0-312-64954-8

Book Source: bought

3.25 Stars

Summary from Goodreads: On the first day of school, Artie falls out of his bed and hits his head. Hard. He tells his mom he’s dizzy and she says:“You’re just worried about your first day in a new school.”At breakfast, his little brother, Eddie, splashes syrup in his hair, and there’s no time to wash it. Artie has to go to school with syrup-hair. And then, on the way there, he gets splashed by a puddle that makes him look like he wet his pants. It’s not just the first day of school; it’s the worst day of school.On the second day of school, Artie falls out of bed and hits his head. Hard. He tells his mom he’s dizzy and she says:“You’re just worried about your first day in a new school.”Huh? Today is just like the day before. Can Artie find a way to change it, before it’s the first day of school…forever?

I have watched R.L. Stines Goosebumps books fly of my classroom shelves for years so I was excited to see a different book by R.L. Stine. In the beginning of the book I think many children can relate to Artie’s stress of the first day of school, especially a new school.

As the story went on, I found myself unable to put the book down, curious as to how poor Artie would ever get out of repeating the first day of school over and over!

This book is appropriate for middle elementary aged children, 4th-6th grade. There were some scary parts, it is by R.L. Stine after all, but nothing that goes to far.

About the Author: Robert Lawrence Stine known as R. L. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences. Stine, who is often called the Stephen King of children’s literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room and Fear Street series.R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children’s author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold.Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids’ Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA’s Read Across America program. He lives in New York, NY.

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