Dojo Daycare - Hardcover

-Bolen Books Children's Book Prize (shortlisted), 2015
-A Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Book for Kids and Teens, 2015
-Wyoming Library Association Buckaroo Award (nominee), 2015
-Quill & Quire Best of 2014
-A Today's Parent Top Picture Book of 2014

"[A] fast-paced rhyming tale ... amusing and appropriate."
- The New York Times

"Day care is full of covert purposes, ninja or not; this rollicking read-aloud will fit right in."
- Kirkus Reviews

"Tougas's energetic rhyming text is matched by his action-packed illustrations ... A fun addition."
- School Library Journal

"This lighthearted book couches important social lessons in humorous rhyme, avoiding a didactic tone while still championing kindness and sharing... This book is just right for the very young, and adults will appreciate the weary ninja Master's daily struggle."
-- Library Media Connection

"Vigorous and energetic."
--Greater Victoria Public Library

One morning, six young ninjas are dropped off at Dojo Daycare. As soon as their ninja moms and ninja dads have left: KABOOM! KAPOW! The ninja boys and girls kick, push, punch, and quickly turn the place upside down in a full-blown ninja riot. Try as he might, the hapless master can’t control the children, and the disaster plays out through lunchtime and story time. No one heeds the master’s repeated mantra ofhonor, kindness, and respect until one little ninja steps up and rallies his ninja pals to undo all that they have done, just in time for pickup. Digitally rendered ninjas pop off the page in this rowdy tale. Told in rhyming verse with a lively rhythm, comic expressions, and big sound effects, Dojo Daycare makes for an unbeatably riotous read-aloud story.

Grade: 1
Fountas & Pinnel: J
Reading Recovery: 17
Lexile Measure: AD 760L
Common Core State Standards:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.2,2b,4,4a,5,5a,5b,5c,6
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.1,1a,2,3,4,4a,4b,4c
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.1,3,4,5,7,10
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1.1,3,5,8
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1.1,1a,1b,1c,2,3,4,5,6