Follett Content Book Detail: Still Sal (Miller Family Story) by Henkes, Kevin

Name: Still Sal (Miller Family Story)
Author: Henkes, Kevin
ISBN: [978-0-06-338962-5,0-06-338962-2]

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Still Sal (Miller Family Story)

Author: Henkes, Kevin

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Follett Number: 2489MFX
Audience: Upper Elementary
Publisher: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2024
Format: 248 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-338962-5
ISBN-10: 0-06-338962-2
LCCN: 2024-010350
Dewey: -Fic-
Classifications: Fiction

Subjects:

Adjustment Fiction

Family Life Fiction

First Day of School Fiction

Friendship Fiction

School Fiction

Schools Fiction

"A Miller Family story"--Dust jacket. When everything goes wrong on Sal's first day of school, her family and friends lovingly remind her that adjusting to change takes time.

From the publisher:
A stand-alone companion to two-time Newbery Honor author Kevin Henkes's award-winning and acclaimed The Year of Billy Miller. With themes of family, friendship, and resilience, this very funny school story focuses on Billy's little sister, Sal, and her first day of school. For fans of Ramona, Ivy + Bean, and Dory Fantasmagory. Sal has been looking forward to first grade for a long time. But her excitement quickly turns to disappointment when she learns that her best friend, Griff, is in the other first-grade classroom and has the most popular teacher. Then Sal's name is spelled wrong on her name tag, she trips in front of the cool fifth graders, and her self-portrait doesn't turn out the way she wanted it to. In fact, everything about school is an absolute disaster. Poor Sal! Luckily for Sal, she has understanding parents, a terrific new teacher, and empathetic friends who remind her that it takes time to adjust to change. And sure enough, after a few days, Sal feels like herself again. Still Sal highlights themes of family, friendship, social and emotional growth, resilience, and adapting to change. The fourth stand-alone book in the Miller Family sequence includes black-and-white illustrations by Caldecott Medal winner Kevin Henkes on almost every page and is an excellent choice for early elementary grades, for readers ready for a short novel, and for family and classroom read-alouds.

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