Fun and silly with colorful artwork. Children will enjoy this book about what happens when some uninvited guests decide to hitch a ride to school.

The illustrations in this story are just so fun and whimsical! Young readers will enjoy perusing the pictures of the cockroaches in school and find ways to connect to these cockroaches, too!

I love the illustrations in this book, the looks of horror on the children's faces are so detailed and they make me giggle. I also love how innocent the cockroaches are, they think they are being so friendly and helpful but they are just terrorizing a classroom of children. This book is the best.

The illustrations in this book are absolutely hilarious, but it is pure magic when paired with the text. As a teacher and school librarian, I could see this book being read multiple times, first without looking at the images, so students have to paint the picture in their minds, and then, WITH the illustrations, to see if it turned out the way they thought it did! Fans of "Sam and Dave Dig a Hole" will love the way that the pictures and words play together so perfectly in this text. The facial expressions on the characters really help bring the story to life, and it is a cute variation on the traditional "school story". I cannot wait to get a copy of this for my school library!

I thought that this was a great book!

The illustrations are lovely and really bring the story to life

I read the book with my five year old daughter and she thought that it was very funny and we had a few giggles as we read it together at bedtime, she thought that the cockroaches were very cheeky indeed!

I enjoyed the way that the book was written too, easy to read and follow

It is 4 stars from me for this one – highly recommended!

What a Blast of a story Book for young children of Elementary School age ! There's a Cockroach & his family who decide to hitch a ride to School to see what learning is all about : it's both funny slightly disgusting in parts ( but with Cockroaches involved that shouldn't be a surprise ) but is the type that young children will love. The Book is illustrated beautifully too & I will be buying this when it's out in the Shops for my youngest grandchild who's Autistic but for whom I feel it will be enjoyed & also for the children & grandchildren of friends. #NetGalley,#GoodReads, #FB,#Instagram, #Amazon.co.uk, #<img src="https://www.netgalley.com/badge/358a5cecda71b11036ec19d9f7bf5c96d13e2c55" width="80" height="80" alt="100 Book Reviews" title="100 Book Reviews"/>,#<img src="https://www.netgalley.com/badge/ef856e6ce35e6d2d729539aa1808a5fb4326a415" width="80" height="80" alt="Reviews Published" title="Reviews Published"/>, #<img src="https://www.netgalley.com/badge/aa60c7e77cc330186f26ea1f647542df8af8326a" width="80" height="80" alt="Professional Reader" title="Professional Reader"/>.

A funny book that I know my kids will love. We read the first book (Your birthday is the best) almost every day.
Fun, imaginative and gorgeous illustration.

Really cute book and the illustrations are great. Our son enjoyed it as he preps for pre-k. I think the bug character is adorable and our son thought he/she was cute.

I was given an early read in exchange for an honest review. This is a book that is hard to review. On the one hand , it is cute and is beautifully illustrated. On the other hand, I can’t help but be totally alarmed by the fact cockroaches are being made mainstream. The protagonist one has exclaimed he danced his very best dance on top of the teachers head. He crawls through the beads and they get into the food. On the one hand I can say it isn’t real so don’t worry about it. But realistically, the are disgustingly dirty. Read it and then... Decide for yourself if you can get past the ick factor. It really is a cute book. Thanks to #NetGalley, #Tundra Books, #MaggieHutchings,#YourSchoolIsBest! It is well thought out and illustrated so well that is what brought me in to read and read to the end.

I do believe this is the sequel to Your Birthday was the Best! I loved that book. I still find this book cute and loveable. A family of cockroaches hitch a ride to school in their human friend’s backpack and school shenanigans ensue. I do have a problem though. Most kids seen with cockroaches coming out of their backpacks would be a cause for concern and could have dire consequences. It would appear that the family needs help and others might get involved. So while I take this book with a grain of salt and love it for what it is, I think many others may have a problem as these cockroaches could be seen as unhealthy or as family that is not taking care of their child.

This is a great book for young kiddos, especially during back to school time. It’s the story of little bugs thinking they’re having a good time with this you g kid in the classroom. It is full of funny jokes like the bugs in the teachers hair, or the bugs thinking they’re having a good time with the kid but they’re actually making them cry. Will be recommending for kids who want a silly story, back to school book or who likes bugs.

OK, welcome everybody. Today we have not one, not two, but FOUR newcomers to class, all showing how awkward it can be to attend a new school, or indeed school for the first time. Let’s look at each in turn, eh?

First we have EMMA’S FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL (9781605377834), which shows a young girl with the bird’s-nest hair she inherited from her mother, having doubts about going to school. She takes the brave decision to reassure herself in her favourite dressing-up costume, which makes her look like a flamingo of all things. But she loves flamingos, and she needs to be herself. It’s a bit odd that nobody else is having their first day of school, and that we see no staff, but the kids there already with full knowledge of where everything is take to the bizarre sight wonderfully; job done. Don’t come here for logicality (and real responses to a flamingo walking into your form room), but this is pretty and the purpose is served.

On Emma’s left is BENNY GOES TO SCHOOL (9781605377803), part of an established series. Sam is told she cannot take her dog Benny to school, but Benny has other ideas. It’s not strictly about a kid with doubts about how much enjoyment, punishment and everything else the teachers will deliver, but it does make the place a welcome-seeming environment – again, through some daft lapses of reality – so it earns a place at this table.

Still going round, we have OLLIE’S BACK-TO-SCHOOL BEAR (9781398500044) – and there have been three of these before, as well. Ollie runs off the night before her first day in class, when she hears an owl calling outside. Indeed all the animals form a train of characters – and they all go to school, and willingly, but for one shy little bear. Ollie helps the bear, the bear helps Ollie, and she’s fine with the idea of the big, bold building when dawn breaks. Subtly coloured, this looks drab perhaps at first glance, but is definitely charming enough when that’s called for.

Finally we welcome YOUR SCHOOL IS THE BEST! (9780735271647), again a sequel, to a book showing how delightful a cockroach thinks a kid’s birthday party is, much to the lad’s upset. Here the whole roach family smuggle themselves into school, and this is more about the comedy of the bugs’ misassumptions about how great it is for us to have them around than it is about schools. A black sheep of our little family, then, but not one to be ignored. And the lesson is clearly that if you don’t have a flamingo costume, perhaps it’s best to not go for a cockroach one instead. But hey, boldness and making sure you feel at home are to be encouraged.

A diverse class, then, which we like – and yet all get the same strong four stars. I’d recommend buying any or all – and quickly, because there’ll be a test on them shortly.

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. Our favorite cockroach is back, and this time he is visiting your school. A funny picture boo that kids love to read.

I received this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

The artwork in this book is fabulous, so much details, and the story is laughing out loud funny. My daughter has a huge fobia of bugs, and even she agreed that the story was very good, despite having a lot of bugs in the story.

this book is told from the point of view of a bug? I wasn't sure if it was lice, but maybe when it was doing a dance on the teacher's head. The cute pictures help tell the story.

This book is great for predicting and making connections. Kids will laugh and enjoy it. Bright fun illustrations add to the engagement.

An adorable story about a cockroach who feels sad when he's left behind on Show-and-Tell day. He and his family then hitch a ride to school and take part in different activities during the day, delighting and frightening everyone around.

The drawings are so cute and the story is very humorous. This book would definitely interest any child who has an affinity for insects and bugs.

Thank you NetGalley and Penguin Random House Canada, Tundra Books for the opportunity to read and review this title.

Fabulous illustrations tell the story of a family of cockroaches that hitch a ride to school with a little boy and shows all the fun things they do while visiting. The text is cute, but the illustrations are really what make it great and bring the story to life…the poor teacher!

Thank you to The publisher and NetGalley for the early e-copy in exchange for an honest review.

I did not particularly like this book. I will not be bringing it into the classroom. Cockroaches are an insect that are typically hated and are not welcomed. This book did not do anything to encourage the reader to change one’s mind about cockroaches. The pictures were cute, but the story itself left much to be desired.

This cute and funny picture book will sure to be a hit with young readers. The story is about a cockroach who feels forgotten on show and tell day, so he and his family hop in a child's backpack and visit school. They are completely unaware that everyone is afraid or disgusted by them and the antics they get up to. The cockroach decides that this school is quite great and is quite oblivious to the fact that everyone is trying to get rid of him. The illustrations are really well done and are a huge part of the storytelling, and lend a huge hand to the comedic side of the writing. It is a great back to school story and one that I know many children will love, and it is entertaining for adult readers too! Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me the chance to read this awesome book!