Sea Monster's First Day

Kate Messner

Chronicle Books, Jun 24, 2011 - Juvenile Fiction - 36 pages

Sea monster Ernest is starting his first day of school. But starting school is a big job! Fitting in when you're a sea monster is tough enough, and there's so much to learn and do—reading, singing, playing hide-and-seek with the fishermen, lunchtime in the algae patch.... This funny, charming twist on the worries and joys of starting school will reassure and delight the smallest children and the largest sea monsters alike.

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User Review  - christian.mehalic - LibraryThing

This book was a very good story about how one might go about attending there first day of school through the eyes of a sea monster named Ernest. He, just like everyone who starts school for the first ...

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User Review  - the1stdaughter - LibraryThing

There comes a time in every Sea Monsters life when he must go away from home to learn all about the world and attend school. For Ernest it’s his very first time ever going to school and he’s filled ...

About the author

Kate Messner is the author of the E. B. White Award-winning The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z. She lives in Plattsburgh, New York.

Andy Rash is the illustrator, and author, of several hilarious children's books. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Sea Monster's First Day
• Author: Kate Messner
• Illustrated by: Andy Rash
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Chronicle Books, 2011
• ISBN: 1452108668, 9781452108667
• Length: 36 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Dragons, Unicorns & Mythical; Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / New Experience