Teacher Jitters - by Julie Danneberg

About the Book

"Mrs. Hartwell is nervous about taking a class for teachers, but her students' thoughtful words of encouragement help her through the day"--

Book Synopsis

Fans of best-selling First Day Jitters will love spending time helping calm the nerves of their favorite teacher, Mrs. Hartwell. Even teachers get the jitters sometimes!

A perfect gift for kindergarteners, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders to give to their own teacher on staff development or teacher workshop days.

Mrs. Hartwell has an announcement: she's not going to be at school tomorrow. She's taking a class for teachers! And she's a little nervous. What if the teacher is mean? Who will she sit with at lunch?

In their hallmark supportive way, Mrs. Hartwell's class helps her prepare for her anxieties with tips on how to self-regulate, including:
● yoga
● deep breathing
● doodling
● positive affirmations
● talking to a friend.

This gives Mrs. Hartwell an idea! When she returns the next day, she has a new addition to her classroom to unveil.

Fans of the series will love Teacher Jitters, getting to see everyone's favorite teacher in a student role and navigating nerves that both students and adults experience.

Review Quotes

When children have that lightbulb moment where they realize that adults have feelings too, their world shrinks and gets a little more comprehensible, and suddenly, empathy is born. There's also power in adults being honest with their feelings. This title addresses all of that and more, demonstrating how adults and kids can have similar experiences. Mrs. Hartwell tells her students she has to go to a teacher class the next day, and she's nervous. The kids band together to remind her of the coping mechanisms she has taught them, adding some of their own wisdom into the mix. The rest of the book outlines Mrs. Hartwell's day in a new class, with fears that seem familiar to anyone who's stepped in a new school. The expressive ­faces and outlandish situations depicted in the ­illustrations drive home that ­everyone, even grown-ups, are students at heart. ­VERDICT An amusing disruption of the norm, teaching kids how to handle nerves by cleverly making the student the master.
--School Library Journal

About the Author

Julie Danneberg is the author of John Muir Wrestles a Waterfall, Monet Paints a Day, and Family Reminders, as well as the best-selling Jitters Series. She is a retired middle-school teacher.

Judy Love is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design and has illustrated numerous children's books, including First Day Jitters and Last Day Blues by Julie Danneberg. She lives near Charlotte, North Carolina, with her family.