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Goodbye book
By NJ Teacher

I like My Great Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston. It's about a woman who grows up to be a teacher, and she talks to her students about the places that "someday" they will get to see. It's kind of about having big dreams. I
like to read it to my class on the last day of school as they are moving on. Just for your future reference, for the last day of school when you get your own room, I like Last Day Hooray by Nancy Poydar. She also did one called First Day Hooray that I read on the first day of school. Finally, there's a great book called Mrs. Spitzer's Garden. It's by Edith Patou, I think. In that book, the

principal gives the kindergarten teacher a set of seeds, and she nurtures them to get them to grow. They all need different things, but in the end, they have all blossomed, just as your students have through your student teaching. At the end, the principal gives the teacher a new pack of seeds, and the cycle starts again. It's a beautiful book.