E Pluribus Unum! All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold

The school bell is ringing. It's time to cine together in a classroom. What will it be like? Well, all kids like a lot of the same things.

LET'S ALL TAKE PART.

WE'LL ALL MAKE ART.

Kids are clapping and singing, and then sprawling on the floor to finish coloring their pictures of things they like. And then it's time for recess.

OR IF YOU COME FROM FAR AWAY...

ALL ARE WELCOME HERE.

Kids of different colors and in different clothes are ready to run outside. They like to swing and slide, and hop on the merry-go-round and take a ride!

Back in the classroom it's time to learn about dinosaurs and slime, bugs and volcanos. The world is full of different things to know. And when at lunch, there are a dozen kinds of bread in different people's lunches, anyone can have a taste. There are so many new things to try that school time seems to fly. Tomorrow is another day, another time to say, "All are welcome."

Author Alexandra Penmore's rhyming story of a day at school, All Are Welcome (Alfred E. Knopf) demonstrates her theme that diversity is the best way to deal with adversity, as our motto E Pluribus Unum (Out of Many, One) bravely says, and she shows all kinds of kids who get to school in all kinds of ways, sharing their school days. Artist Suzanne Kaufman fills her busy and colorful illustrations with humor and fun as the kids sing and play, learn and share their day with each other in this New York Times best-selling picture book about school days for all.