Book One, Jackson Friends series

 ages 6  to 9, paperback and hardcover

Harcourt, 1999, ISBN 0-15-201974-x

Pa Lia's first day at her new school, Jackson Magnet isn't going so well. She doesn't know anyone there. She can't find her second grade classroom. But worst of all, she accidentally gets the only kids who have ever been nice to her in trouble. Will Pa Lia ever fit in?

Jr. Library Guild Selection; Parent's Guide to Children's Media Award

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Readers and teachers Guides (pdf File)

Teacher's Guide to Pa Lia's First Day 

http://www.harcourtbooks.com/BeginningReaders/Downloads/brs_jacksonfriends_guide.pdf

 Pa Lia lesson Plan by Judie Haynes on her website EverythingESL

http://www.everythingesl.net/lessons/palia_unit.php

Pa Lia Paperdoll

Reviews

School Library Journal
A good start to a new series.
Kirkus Reviews
Edwards's winning black-and-white illustrations capture the feelings of desolation, fear, embarrassment, and joy associated with first days, while the prose, composed with emerging readers in mind, yields up events briskly and concisely.

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