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Stephanie Stuve-Bodeenwas a Peace Corps volunteer in Tanzania and was inspired to write the Elizabeti series from this experience. The series has won numerous awards. She now lives in Wisconsin with her family.

Christy Haleis the author and illustrator of several acclaimed children's books, including four published by Lee & Low, and she has illustrated numerous other award-winning picture books as well. Hale also works in the children's book field as an art director, a designer, and an educator, offering programs at schools, libraries, and museums. She lives with her husband in Palo Alto, California. You can learn more about her at christyhale.com.

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"This is the perfect story for sharing with young children." -- School Library Journal "Throughout, Stuve-Bodeen distills the essence of the school experience, perfectly capturing a child's emotional state and confirming the universality of first-day jitters. Accented with lively African-inspired paper, Hale's illustrations contain the texture of Tanzania. Together, the talented team offers up another winning peek at a life that's different but the same." -- Kirkus Reviews "A skillful mix of the familiar, the unfamiliar, and the downright idyllic." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Elizabeti, the little girl with the rock doll (Elizabeti's Doll, rev. 11/98) and the demanding but affectionate little brother (Mama Elizabeti, rev. 7/00), is going to school for the first time. As in the previous books, Stuve-Bodeen tells a story at once universal and specific, set in a contemporary Tanzanian village. . . Details of the school day root the story in its place and bring Elizabeti's world to life. Hale's mixed-media illustrations are once again striking in their juxtaposition of softly speckled backgrounds with brightly patterned fabrics; here they match even more exactly the intimate quality of the text, with effective use of close-ups and warm family groupings. The book's message that home is "the best place to be" but that school has its uses, too, will resonate with anxious new pupils everywhere. Some readers might question Elizabeti's unfamiliarity with the schoolyard games and the numbers one through five (especially as her older, school-seasoned sister would presumably have brought home what she learned, just as Elizabeti does), but young children will be too busy grabbing Stuve-Bodeen's reassuring lifeline to notice. -- The Horn BookBest Children's Books of the Year - Bank Street College of Education

K-Gr 2-Elizabeti is excited about her first day of school and her new clothes, but when faced with the noisy, busy schoolyard, she becomes reticent. A friend leads her into a game similar to jacks, and she is eager to try it. In the classroom, she has difficulty concentrating because of her homesickness. At recess, with the encouragement of an older girl, she enjoys dancing, and, back in the classroom, she easily masters the counting lesson. However, once she is home, she's convinced that she doesn't want to return to class. During the evening, Elizabeti so impresses her family with the knowledge and skills she's learned that she decides that although home is best, she will "-give school another try." This is the perfect story for sharing with young children, most of whom will understand the girl's bittersweet feelings. Her pride and sense of accomplishment in learning are a good lead-in for discussing the joy and purpose of school. As in the other stories about Elizabeti, her family life is rich in love and warmth, although it is apparent that the family is very poor. The predominantly watercolor and mixed-media illustrations help convey all the texture of family life in a Tanzanian village, just as they did in Elizabeti's Doll (1998) and Mama Elizabeti (2000, both Lee & Low).-Lynda Ritterman, Atco Elementary School, Waterford, NJ

"This is the perfect story for sharing with young children." -- School Library Journal

"Throughout, Stuve-Bodeen distills the essence of the school experience, perfectly capturing a child's emotional state and confirming the universality of first-day jitters. Accented with lively African-inspired paper, Hale's illustrations contain the texture of Tanzania. Together, the talented team offers up another winning peek at a life that's different but the same." -- Kirkus Reviews

"A skillful mix of the familiar, the unfamiliar, and the downright idyllic." -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Elizabeti, the little girl with the rock doll (Elizabeti's Doll, rev. 11/98) and the demanding but affectionate little brother (Mama Elizabeti, rev. 7/00), is going to school for the first time. As in the previous books, Stuve-Bodeen tells a story at once universal and specific, set in a contemporary Tanzanian village... Details of the school day root the story in its place and bring Elizabeti's world to life. Hale's mixed-media illustrations are once again striking in their juxtaposition of softly speckled backgrounds with brightly patterned fabrics; here they match even more exactly the intimate quality of the text, with effective use of close-ups and warm family groupings. The book's message that home is "the best place to be" but that school has its uses, too, will resonate with anxious new pupils everywhere. Some readers might question Elizabeti's unfamiliarity with the schoolyard games and the numbers one through five (especially as her older, school-seasoned sister would presumably have brought home what she learned, just as Elizabeti does), but young children will be too busy grabbing Stuve-Bodeen's reassuring lifeline to notice. -- The Horn Book

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