5 BACK TO SCHOOL BOOKS IN GERMAN
Is your child anxious to start school this fall? Or just going back after the long summer break? Either way, we have a few suggestions how to get your child in the mood. All books can be borrowed at KinderBooks, of course. Just send us an email at beatrice@kinderbooks.nyc
Anna Llenas
DAS FARBENMONSTER GEHT IN DEN KINDERGARTEN
The color monster has its first day at preschool. Its friend just takes it along. And it he learns new friends, new routines and much more. In graphic, simple and still original illustrations centering on the essential this book introduces even younger kids to what they can expect. . And if you happen to have read the first volume DAS FARBENMONSTER, a book about feelings, you can even guess what the color monster feels. Though you might guess it anyway.
3 years and up
Anna Fiske
AllE GEHEN IN DIE SCHULE
When the first school day looms ahead, your child may have lots of questions. This book answers almost all. It starts with the first day, the teacher saying good morning for the first time. It shows different schools, different ways to school, various people working at school. It tells about what you learn, not just academics but also recess and social life. Obviously some things will differ from the daily life of your kid here in the US, but it a great starting point.
5 years and up
Bertram & Schulmeyer
DER ERSTE SCHULTAG
MO UND DIE KRÜMEL, Volume 1
Before Mo and his friends start school, they have an orientation day together with their teacher, Ms. Grimm. It is very quickly apparent, school will be tons of fun for all of them, but also entail lots of chaos! Mo and his friends have many ideas, like a fight of first day school cones (the cones are a German tradition! The fight is not...), a guinea pig for the class room....
If you and your children want to laugh out loud, this is a great pick to read before your child starts school or during the first years. Maybe not the most serious preparation...
6 years and up.
Timo Parvela
ELLA IN DER SCHULE
Volume 1
Equally funny, equally slapstick - maybe something you as an adult may enjoy even more because of some hints between the lines and since it is well written - is the Ella series, that appeals to girls and boys. It is a modern classic from Finland, with Ella and her friends doing up to all kind of silly things
6 years and up
