Still Sal

A stand-alone companion to two-time Newbery Honor author Kevin Henkes’s award-winning and acclaimed The Year of Billy Miller. With themes of family friendship and resilience this very funny school story focuses on Billy’s little sister Sal and her first day of school. For fans of Ramona Ivy + Bean and Dory Fantasmagory. Sal has been looking forward to first grade for a long time. But her excitement quickly turns to disappointment when she learns that her best friend Griff is in the other first-grade classroom and has the most popular teacher. Then Sal’s name is spelled wrong on her name tag she trips in front of the cool fifth graders and her self-portrait doesn’t turn out the way she wanted it to. In fact everything about school is an absolute disaster. Poor Sal!Luckily for Sal she has understanding parents a terrific new teacher and empathetic friends who remind her that it takes time to adjust to change. And sure enough after a few days Sal feels like herself again.Still Sal highlights themes of family friendship social and emotional growth resilience and adapting to change. The fourth stand-alone book in the Miller Family sequence includes black-and-white illustrations by Caldecott Medal winner Kevin Henkes on almost every page and is an excellent choice for early elementary grades for readers ready for a short novel and for family and classroom read-alouds.