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The King of Kindergarten is a NY Times Bestseller!

19 Aug 2019

The King of Kindergarten, illustrated by Vanessa Brantley Newton and written by Derrick Barnes, hit the NY Times Bestseller List at #7 in its first week out.  The accolades are pouring in…

-Featured in the NY Times “Back-to-School Picture Books to Brighten Any Kid’s First Day”

-Starred Reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, and The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

-Picked as an Amazon Best Book of the Month for July, Ages 3-5

-Today.com included THE KING OF KINDERGARTEN in a roundup of books to calm back-to-school jitters

-Bookish included THE KING OF KINDERGARTEN in a roundup of Summer’s must reads

-B&N Kids Blog included THE KING OF KINDERGARTEN in a roundup of picture books for back to school

-Common Sense Media gave THE KING OF KINDERGARTEN a five starred review