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Ready, set, school!

After Rory the raccoon conquers his fear of spending an entire night away from home, he is prepared to tackle the challenge of starting school just one week later, whether his parents are ready or not.

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Main Author:	Mitchard, Jacquelyn
Other Authors:	Rátz de Tagyos, Paul (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : HarperCollins, c2007.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Separation anxiety > Juvenile fiction. Parent and child > Juvenile fiction. Sleepovers > Juvenile fiction. First day of school > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	After Rory the raccoon conquers his fear of spending an entire night away from home, he is prepared to tackle the challenge of starting school just one week later, whether his parents are ready or not.
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Audience:	003-006.
ISBN:	9780060507664 (trade bdg.) 0060507667 (trade bdg.) 9780060507671 (lib. bdg.) 0060507675 (lib. bdg.) 9781428748132 (BWI bdg.) 142874813X (BWI bdg.)
Author Notes:	Jacquelyn Mitchard was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 10, 1957. She studied creative writing at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 1976, she became a journalist and eventually achieved the position as lifestyle columnist for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper. Her weekly column, The Rest of Us: Dispatches from the Mother Ship, appeared in 125 newspapers nationwide until she retired it in 2007. She is the author of children's, young adult, and adult books. Her first novel, The Deep End of the Ocean, was the first selection for Oprah's Book Club and was named by USA Today as one of the ten most influential books of the past 25 years. It was also adapted into a movie starring Michelle Pfeiffer. Her other adult novels include The Breakdown Lane; Twelve Times Blessed; Christmas, Present; A Theory of Relativity; The Most Wanted; Cage of Stars; and Still Summer. Her children's books include Starring Prima!: The Mouse of the Ballet Jolie; Rosalie, My Rosalie: The Tale of a Duckling; and Ready, Set , School! Her young adult books include Now You See Her; All We Know of Heaven; and The Midnight Twins series. (Bowker Author Biography)