From award-winning,New York Timesbestselling author Ibi Zoboi and artist Juanita Londoo, this lyrical celebration of the first day of school across every continent explores what going back to school looks like for children in countries around the world!

How do children around the world spend their first day of school?

Some eat warm akara for breakfast in Nigeria, while others unwrap lunches of kluski in Poland. In China, they practice intricate characters in special notebooks, and in Argentina, they learn each other’s names in a sing-song memory game. No matter where in the world, every student has something new to look forward to on their first day!

From Ethiopia to Germany to India to Brazil, this lyrical text introduces young readers to the breakfast-to-bedtime routines, cultures, and landscapes that connect people across all continents.

Ibi Zoboiis theNew York Timesbestselling author ofAmerican Street, a National Book Award finalist;Nigeria Jones, a Coretta Scott King Award winner;Pride;My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich;Okoye to the People: A Black Panther Novelfor Marvel; and the Walter Award andLA TimesBook Prize-winningPunching the Air, cowritten with Exonerated Five member Yusef Salaam. She is also a two-time Coretta Scott King Honor Award winner for her picture bookThe People Rememberand her middle grade biography of Octavia Butler,Star Child. She is the editor of the anthologyBlack Enough. Born in Haiti and raised in New York City, she now lives in New Jersey with her family. You can find her online at ibizoboi.net.

Juanita Londoo is a children’s book illustrator from Colombia. As a child, she enjoyed bedtime stories and recreating images in her favorite children’s books with a pencil. Now her art is sought after by American Greetings, Hallmark, Target, and more.

• Publisher:Versify
• Publish Date:June 3, 2025
• Pages:48
• Language:English
• Type:Hardcover
• EAN/UPC:9780063078888
• BISAC Categories:People & Places – Caribbean & Latin America,People & Places – Middle East,People & Places – Polar Regions,School & Education,Social Topics – New Experience,Diversity & Multicultural