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Back to School, Backpack!
By (Author) Simon Rich
Illustrated by Tom Toro
Little, Brown & Company
Little, Brown Young Readers
13th July 2023
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: School stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: First / new experiences and grow
813.6
Hardback
40
Width 260mm, Height 262mm, Spine 12mm
460g
You think YOU'RE anxious about the first day of school Imagine how your backpack feels!
In this hilarious yet reassuring back-to-school picture book, a backpack deals with first-day-of-school nerves and feeling out of place. Filled with crowded hallways, lonely cafeteria tables, toilet stalls, and the signature existential angst of Simon Rich, this fun read-aloud will have kids braving classrooms with a smile (and maybe taking better care of their trusty backpacks...).Simon Rich has written for Saturday Night Live, Pixar, and The Simpsons. He is the creator and showrunner of Man Seeking Woman (FXX) and Miracle Workers (TBS), which he based on his books. His other collections include New Teeth, Hits and Misses, Spoiled Brats, and Ant Farm. He is a frequent contributor to the New Yorker.
Tom Toro is a cartoonist and writer. He is the author-illustrator of How to Potty Train Your Porcupine. Over two hundred of his cartoons have been published in the New Yorker since 2010. Tom lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife, kid, and cat.