Hello! Good-Bye! (edition 1996)

This book is about children who can say hello and good-bye in different forms.
Source: Pierce College
Age: 3-5

This books shows many different ways, both verbal and nonverbal, to say hello and goodbye. Character depictions are coloful, realistic, and include a multicultural aspect.
Source: Pierce County Library (University Place)
Ages: 6

This is a wonderful book for beginning readers.

A very nice illustrated book which explains greeting to children. It explains that there are many ways to say "hello" and "good-bye". "Hello! Good-bye!" could be a good book to teach children social skills and also to introduce them to different cultures and languages. In my opinion the explanations combined with a story would be more interesting for children. ( )

HELLO! GOOD-BYE! is a great book to use to teach students the importance of saying hello and goodbye to one another. In kindergarten, I teach my students the concept of hello and goodbye when we discuss letter writing and sending mail. This book is a much better example of the concept of hello and goodbye then the book my program uses. Throughout the book, the author uses different genders, races, ethnicities, and cultures to show the concept of saying hi and bye. The use of different types of people helps children to see that everyone throughout the world says these two words. This book is also well written in a story narrative format. Students will not realize that they are reading a nonfiction book. I will use this book as a read aloud in my classroom to supplement the books that are included in my kindergarten program. ( )