Sammy and Sunny's First Day of School

Name: Sammy and Sunny's First Day of School
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780593695753
Price: 37.0 NZD
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By Nina LaCour

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Sammy and Sunny's First Day of School by Nina LaCour is an adorable and reassuring book for kids who are starting school for the first time. It offers a funny look at the similarities and differences between kindergarten and doggie daycare. It's the first day of... Read More

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An adorable and reassuring book for kids who are starting school for the first time, and a funny look at the similarities and differences between kindergarten and doggie daycare.

Description

Sammy and Sunny's First Day of School by Nina LaCour is an adorable and reassuring book for kids who are starting school for the first time. It offers a funny look at the similarities and differences between kindergarten and doggie daycare.

It's the first day of kid school for Sammy and the first day of puppy school for Sunny. They both feel nervous at the start, but they end up having a great time—making friends, playing and napping, and learning all sorts of new things.

That afternoon, they tell Mum and each other all about day one, Sammy with words and Sunny in his own special way. But what will happen on day two? Sammy wonders. Readers are in for a very funny surprise!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780593695753

Publisher: Penguin Young Readers

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 29 July 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Penguin Young Readers

Illustration: FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS

Contributors:

Illustrated by Elizabeth Lilly

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 278.0mm

Height: 222.0mm

Weight: 386g

Pages: 40

Collections

Children's Books Children's Early Years Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Nina LaCour Penguin Books

About the Author

Nina LaCour is the bestselling and Michael L. Printz Award-winning author of picture books, chapter books, young adult novels, and adult literary fiction. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Nina received her undergraduate degree from San Francisco State University, and an MFA in Creative Writing from Mills College. Her graduate thesis became her first novel, Hold Still, which received a William C. Morris Honor, and her novel We Are Okay was named one of TIME Magazine's Top 100 YA Novels of All Time. She loves cooking, gardening, and daytripping through the ever-inspiring regions of Northern California with her wife and their daughter. She lives in San Francisco. Elizabeth Lilly (she/her) is an author, illustrator, animator, and educator. Her work has won many distinctions, including starred reviews in major publications, a Charlotte Zolotow Honor, an ALA Notable Book, and the Publishers Weekly list of the Best Picture Books of 2021. When she's not creating stories, she teaches illustration, animation, and drawing as an adjunct professor and lives in Baltimore, Maryland with her partner and pet dog, Ponyo.

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