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No more pencils, no more books, no more teacher's dirty looks!

Gilbert and his first-grade classmates are nervous about their performance on the last day of school, curious about the awards they will receive, sad to be leaving their teacher, and excited about summer vacation.

Main Author:	De Groat, Diane.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : HarperCollins, c2006.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Schools > Juvenile fiction. Teacher-student relationships > Juvenile fiction. Awards > Juvenile fiction. Friendship > Juvenile fiction. Humorous fiction > Juvenile.

Summary:	Gilbert and his first-grade classmates are nervous about their performance on the last day of school, curious about the awards they will receive, sad to be leaving their teacher, and excited about summer vacation.
Item Description:	"Gilbert and Friends"--Cover.
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
ISBN:	0060791144 0060791152 (lib. bdg.)
Author Notes:	Diane deGroat received a BFA in commercial art from the Pratt Institute in 1969. She designed the first basic reading series for Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, before becoming a free-lancer in 1972. She has worked on advertising, editorial, and design projects, but her main focus has been children's book illustration. She is the illustrator of more than 130 children's books and has worked with Eve Bunting, Lois Lowry, Johanna Hurwitz, and Dr. Ruth. She is also the author-illustrator of the Gilbert and Friends series and the Annie Pitts series. Her picture book Roses are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink was an IRA-CBC Children's Choice and State Children's Book Award winner in Arkansas and North Carolina. (Bowker Author Biography)

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