Becoming Vanessa
by Brantley-Newton, Vanessa,
| Print Book 2021 |
| Available at 30 Libraries 30 of 35 copies |
Summary
Get ready to go back to school with this inclusive, empathetic story that will help kids new to the classroom transform from timid caterpillars into beautiful butterflies who love exactly who they are!
On Vanessa's first day of school, her parents tell her it will be easy to make friends. Vanessa isn't so sure. She wears her fanciest outfit so her new classmates will notice her right away. They notice, but the attention isn't what she'd hoped for. As the day goes on, she feels more self-conscious. Her clothes are too bright, her feather boa has way too many feathers, and even her name is too hard to write.
The next day, she picks out a plain outfit, and tells her mom that her name is too long. She just wants to blend in, with a simple name like the other girls--why couldn't her parents have named her Megan or Bella? But when her mother tells her the meaning behind her name, it gives her the confidence she needs to introduce her classmates to the real Vanessa. Perfect for readers of Alma and How She Got Her Name and The King of Kindergarten.
On Vanessa's first day of school, her parents tell her it will be easy to make friends. Vanessa isn't so sure. She wears her fanciest outfit so her new classmates will notice her right away. They notice, but the attention isn't what she'd hoped for. As the day goes on, she feels more self-conscious. Her clothes are too bright, her feather boa has way too many feathers, and even her name is too hard to write.
The next day, she picks out a plain outfit, and tells her mom that her name is too long. She just wants to blend in, with a simple name like the other girls--why couldn't her parents have named her Megan or Bella? But when her mother tells her the meaning behind her name, it gives her the confidence she needs to introduce her classmates to the real Vanessa. Perfect for readers of Alma and How She Got Her Name and The King of Kindergarten.
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Additional Information
| Subjects |
First day of school
-- Juvenile fiction.
Anxiety in children -- Juvenile fiction. Clothing and dress -- Juvenile fiction. Names, Personal -- Juvenile fiction. Individuality in children -- Juvenile fiction. First day of school -- Fiction. Anxiety -- Fiction. Clothing and dress -- Fiction. Names, Personal -- Fiction. Individuality -- Fiction. |
| Publisher | New York :Alfred A. Knopf,2021 |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Language |
English |
| Description |
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
| ISBN | 9780525582120 0525582126 9780525582137 0525582134 |
| Other | Classic View |