I Don't Want to Go to School - (Somos8) by Amélie Graux (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Jonah is convinced that school is very boring. He'd much rather go to kindergarten like his little sister Lena, or to work like his mom and dad, but are they really more fun than going to school?"--

Book Synopsis

Jonah is convinced that school is very boring. He'd much rather go to kindergarten like his little sister Lena, or to work like his mom and dad, but are they really more fun than going to school?

When Jonah wakes up one day he decides he absolutely does not want to go to school! He wants to go back to kindergarten like his little sister, Lena. But when he gets there, he soon discovers that it's not as fun as he thought - there are crying babies everywhere who snatch his toys from him!

Disappointed with kindergarten, he decides to go to work like his mom and dad - surely they have much more fun than he does at school! But when he gets to work, there's nothing but boring things to do and it's exhausting! After such a busy day, Jonah decides that maybe school isn't so bad after all...

Review Quotes

Children ages 4 and up will enjoy this book and laugh at the things Jonah gets up to as he tries to avoid going to school. Adults will delight in the twist at the ending, where the parents say what so many of us wish we could do instead of going to work. - YA Books Central.

A fun story about a six year old boy and his family members reversing their roles. Young kids will like the vivid pictures and imagining how mommy, daddy and baby sisters' day goes. - NetGalley-Librarian.

This fun story will take readers through a day in the life of other
family members. - School Library Journal.

About the Author

Amélie Graux is a well-renowned international artist who was born in Paris in 1977. She studied animation in Paris and directed her first and only short film Who wants some liver paté?, awarded at the Annecy Festival. She has illustrated several books with publishers such as Gallimard, Flammarion, Milan, Nathan, Didier Jeunesse, Little Urban and NubeOcho.