Book cover of “Butterfl ies on the First Day of School” by
Anni Silvestro
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“Butterflies on the First Day
of School” by Annie Silvestro,
illustrated by Dream Chen
c.2019, Sterling
$16.95 / $22.95 Canada
32 pages
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
Your new backpack can’t hold
another thing.
There are tissues in there, in
case you sneeze. Pencils, maybe
some crayons for drawing. You
have room for a notebook, too,
and everything you’ll need to
carry for your big day. And in
“Butterflies on the First Day of
School” by Annie Silvestro, illustrated
by Dream Chen, you might
be toting something else, too.
It was the day before her first
day of school and Rosie was excited.
She had a new backpack and
“she loved it with all her heart.”
She danced around the room,
pretended like she was in class,
practiced making her letters on
a piece of paper, and said her
teacher’s name, so she’d be really
good at it.
But the night before her first
day of school, Rosie was really
nervous.
On the morning of her first
day of school, Rosie didn’t feel so
good. She told her mother that
maybe she should stay home but
Rosie’s dad said she’d be fine.
Rosie’s mom said it, too, adding
that Rosie just had butterflies in
her stomach.
Rosie had never heard of such
a thing but when another girl sat
next to her on the way to school,
Rosie was sure she saw a butterfly
escape from her own mouth.
Two more fell out when she
began talking to the girl.
She felt more butterflies in
her stomach a little later, when it
became her turn to talk in class.
That was okay, though: as soon
as she told everybody who she
was and what she liked to do, the
class laughed and three butterflies
“flitted into the air.”
That made her feel not-sonervous
anymore and for the
rest of the day, she painted and
played, and she felt much better
by recess. She felt well enough
to play tag with her new friends,
until she saw another little girl
beneath the playground tree.
The girl was holding both
hands over her belly, and Rosie
knew what that meant: someone
else had butterflies in her stomach,
too, and Rosie knew exactly
how to get them out…
When it comes to going to
school for the first time, no matter
how much you prepare, you
really can’t. Somebody’s always
going to be a little scared, but
“Butterflies on the First Day of
School” will help soothe those
belly-flutters.
Author Annie Silvestro tickles
at a child’s imagination with
the idea of real butterflies in a
little girl’s tummy, and she does
it in such an appealing, matterof
fact way that even adults will
be charmed. Colorful artwork by
Dream Chen shows gauzy butterflies
being let loose every time
something good happens to little
Rosie, and that imagery helps
make this a gentle, happy story
of literally letting go of fears and,
ultimately, of finding friends to
boost one’s confidence.
For 5-to-7-year-olds who
are going to school for the
first time, or for kids who are
starting at a new school, this
book is just perfect. “Butterflies
on the First Day of
School” carries a lot of goodness.
Your first day of school
could be scary