Time for (Earth) School, Dewey Dew

Illustrated by Jeff Mack
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$16.95 US
On sale Jun 21, 2016 | 32 Pages | 9781590789582
In this first day of school story with a twist, nervous alien Dewey Dew learns that new experiences—like going to school on another planet—might be okay after all.

Click-Clack Waddle Dot Dewey Dew from Planet Eight Hundred Seventy-Two Point Nine does not want to go to school—not on his planet, and definitely not on Planet Earth at Mrs. Brightsun's School for Little Learners! Everything on Earth is different. His clothes don't fit right, his classmates don't look like him, and even Earth noises sound weird. Will Dewey Dew's first day of school turn out ok after all? 
Leslie Staub is the author of Time for (Earth) School, Dewey Dew and How Do You Say I Love You, Dewey Dew?. She is also the author and illustrator of Bless This House, and has illustrated various titles including Lee Bennett Hopkins' Lives: Poems About Famous Americans and Mem Fox's Whoever You Are. View titles by Leslie Staub
Jeff Mack is the illustrator of multiple picture books, including Bunnicula and Friends and Hurry! Hurry! He has also written and illustrated many picture books, chapter books, and early readers, including Clueless McGee, Good News Bad News, and the Hippo and Rabbit series. He lives in Easthampton, Massachusetts. Visit jeffmack.com. View titles by Jeff Mack

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In this first day of school story with a twist, nervous alien Dewey Dew learns that new experiences—like going to school on another planet—might be okay after all.

Click-Clack Waddle Dot Dewey Dew from Planet Eight Hundred Seventy-Two Point Nine does not want to go to school—not on his planet, and definitely not on Planet Earth at Mrs. Brightsun's School for Little Learners! Everything on Earth is different. His clothes don't fit right, his classmates don't look like him, and even Earth noises sound weird. Will Dewey Dew's first day of school turn out ok after all? 

Author

Leslie Staub is the author of Time for (Earth) School, Dewey Dew and How Do You Say I Love You, Dewey Dew?. She is also the author and illustrator of Bless This House, and has illustrated various titles including Lee Bennett Hopkins' Lives: Poems About Famous Americans and Mem Fox's Whoever You Are. View titles by Leslie Staub
Jeff Mack is the illustrator of multiple picture books, including Bunnicula and Friends and Hurry! Hurry! He has also written and illustrated many picture books, chapter books, and early readers, including Clueless McGee, Good News Bad News, and the Hippo and Rabbit series. He lives in Easthampton, Massachusetts. Visit jeffmack.com. View titles by Jeff Mack

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