Roy Wants to Go to School

by Richard Wright, Avery Liell-Kok (Illustrator)

Overview

This children book is about a four year old's first day at school. The other children exclude him and are mean to him. It is written to help young ones to know how to deal with such a situation - it is a must have for anyone with young ones. Like a tree you can bend a child when young, after a few years they are set in their ways.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781491832905
Publisher:	AuthorHouse
Publication date:	11/25/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	4 MB
Age Range:	3 Months to 5 Years

About the Author

Richard Wright won international renown for his powerful and visceral depiction of the black experience. He stands today alongside such African-American luminaries as Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison, and two of his novels, Native Son and Black Boy, are required reading in high schools and colleges across the nation. He died in 1960.

Author biography courtesy of HarperCollins.

Date of Birth:

September 4, 1908

Date of Death:

November 28, 1960

Place of Birth:

Near Natchez, Mississippi

Place of Death:

Paris, France

Education:

Smith-Robertson Junior High in Jackson, Mississippi (1925)

Read an Excerpt

ROY WANTS TO GO TO SCHOOL

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By Richard Wright, Avery Liell-Kok

AuthorHouse

Copyright © 2013 Richard Wright
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4918-3298-1

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CHAPTER 1

Roy is three years old. Roy's sister and brother go to school every day. Roy hears his sister and his brother talk about the fun they have at school every day.

Roy cannot go to school. He is not old enough to go to school. Roy watch as his sister and brother walk into the building.

One day Roy told his mother, I want to go to school!

Roy's mother said, you cannot go to school you are not old enough yet. You will be old enough next year. Then you can go to school.

Why can't Roy go to school?

Roy told his mother, I cannot wait; I want to go to school now!

I need you to stay with me one more year. You can help me here around the house his mother said. I like it when you help me.

Roy is very happy, he loves helping his mother. I will sweep the floor Roy told his mother.

Now Roy is old enough to go to school, Roy went to bed early so he could get up early the next morning. Roy was very excited. He could not wait to go to school.

The next morning, Roy got up early, he got ready for school and quickly ate his breakfast, and he was ready to go.

You must do your best in school Roy's mother said. If you do your best in school, when you grow up you can get a good job. I want to be a fireman Roy said!

Roy grabbed his lunch and ran to the car. It was Roy's first day at school. His mother walked him inside to find his classroom. Roy was very happy to see so many other children. I will make lots of friends! Roy said.

All the other children was playing and talking with each other, but no one would talk to Roy.

They were very mean to him. Roy was very sad.

He wanted to go home. He wanted his father and his mother.

(Continues...)

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