I Am Ready for School!

Roo and friends are ready for an exciting day at school! Would you like to come with them?

From morning drop-off and the first lessons of the day, through lunch, playtime and lots to learn in the afternoon, there is so much going on at school! Roo and the other children need to find their pegs, go to the loo, decide what to eat, find their way around . . . and have lots of FUN along the way!

This sweet, funny picture book will help children prepare for what to expect at school:

• Making independent decisions like choosing what to eat for school lunch
• Developing social skills for playtime and having fun with new friends
• Getting used to day-to-day routines and encouraging independence
• Plus a step-by-step recap of key school readiness steps at the end of the book!

Created by Early Years expert Camilla Reid and award-winning illustrator Kate Hindley, this engaging, informative story book will excite and reassure preschool children in the run-up to their first days of school.

With stunning illustrations, a read-aloud story, tips for grown-ups, and endorsements from teachers and an Early Years government advisor, it is packed with everything you need to get children ready to start Reception.

Roo is ready for school . . . and soon YOU will be, too!

Camilla Reid is one of the most experienced and successful devisers of preschool books today. Combining novelty elements, striking artwork and Camilla’s unique authorial voice, her range of interactive preschool books for Macmillan Children’s Books taps into what families enjoy, placing the child reader at the heart of everything.

Kate Hindley studied illustration at Falmouth College of Art, and went on to work for two years as a print designer at a studio in Northampton, whilst working freelance on children’s books and greetings cards. She has exhibited with her good chums Girls Who Draw and Inkygoodness across the UK, and had a jolly good time painting up a totem pole for the Pictoplasma Character Walk exhibition 2011. Kate’s first picture book The Great Snortle Hunt, written by Claire Freedman, was longlisted for the 2013 Kate Greenaway Medal. Since then Kate has illustrated picture books including How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth, You Must Bring a Hat, The Same But Different Too and The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland, as well as books for older children like The Royal Rabbits series and The Girl With the Lost Smile by Miranda Hart.