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I received this book for free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This in no way affected my opinion of the book, or the content of my review.
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It is the first day of school and Miss Macintosh doesn't want to go. She goes back to bed instead. The doorbell rings and its the principal and some teachers. They have come to help her get ready for her first day of school. Miss Macintosh is nervous about being new on the first day of kindergarten. She catches the bus and rides with the teachers and students to school. When she gets to her class Miss Macintosh realizes that it's the students very first day too and they are terrified. She sings a silly song about her morning and all the students start laughing. "It was the first day of school. She was going to love it after all."
This is a really good book to read to a child that is about to go into kindergarten. Miss Macintosh's story will teach them that teachers get the jitters too. They shouldn't be afraid because it's everyone else's first day too. Everything will be ok and they will have a lot of fun. I like how Janousky turned it around and made the teacher the one that was scared of the first day of school. The way that the story it written you could just swap her for a child and it would work perfectly. Doing this adds a bit of humour to the story making a more entertaining read. I would recommend this book to children about to start school.


5/5 ⭐

Move It, Miss Macintosh! by Peggy Robbins Janousky is the story how Miss Macintosh, the kindergarten teacher, does NOT want to go to school on the first day; she's just too nervous. But the principal and other teachers show up to give her the encouragement she needs...and when she finally makes it to school, she finds maybe her class will be fun after all.

The principal and other teachers from the school show up at Miss Macintosh's house anticipating that she will be reluctant to go to school on her first day of teaching kindergarten. They all try to help her in various ways. I loved the names of the teachers from Mrs. Burger the lunchlady to Miss Melody the music teacher and Miss Patience the guidance counselor. The other silly thing as that they all rode to school on the bus, even the principal. When Miss Macintosh arrives in her classroom she sees that all the kids are nervous and she starts to sing, making up silly words about her morning. The kids love it, start giggling and they all have a great day. The illustrations are very silly, but bright and colourful so that kids will love them. I recommend this book to kindergarten or pre-kindergarten classes to read while trying to make them little ones feel comfortable. Families could also read this to their young ones before they actually start school so that they can see everyone, even the teacher is nervous at the beginning of a new school year.

This book was great! It's such a fun twist on the first-day-of-school-jitters to have the teacher be the nervous one. Kids will relate to how Miss Macintosh feels--but also get a kick out of the fact that it's the adult who is so worried. Really cute illustrations, engaging text, and fantastic concept for a book.

I received this advanced readers copy from Annick Press Ltd. and Annick Press via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I wish I'd had this book when I was sending my baby off to kindergarten. It's a cute story about a teacher who's nervous for her first day of kindergarten, but it's clearly a tool to ease the jitters of youngsters heading off to school.
Miss Macintosh is a ball of nerves and decides she's not going to school on the first day. That is, until nearly every one from the school shows up to get her on her way. There's Principal Bellwether who reminds her that other teachers shared her fears. And there's Mrs. Sketcher, the art teacher, who tries and fails to pick out the perfect first day outfit. Even Mrs. Burger, the lunch lady, came along to make sure Miss Macintosh has a full stomach. This is the perfect story to allay the fears of children facing their first day of school or even first day at a new school. I think framing the teacher as the one with the fear can also help to decrease some worries children may have by making teachers more human and less authoritarian in young eyes.

Aside from the story itself, the book gets even more character from its illustrations. They are quirky! The bright, fun pictures that accompany the scenes are detailed without being dense. The high contrast of colors are sure to be loved by little eyes, too. Kudos to the illustrator and author for finding such a good balance among the two.

I would absolutely recommend this as a "night before school" or "early morning meltdown" read. It's honest while normalizing jitters in a fun, assuring way.