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Daniel Plays at School
A new generation of children love Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, inspired by the classic series Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood! Daniel Tiger and Miss Elaina must learn to compromise in this Pre-level 1 Ready-to-Read story based on a popular episode of Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood!Daniel and Miss Elaina are playing together at school. Daniel wants to build a train. Miss Elaina wants to build a spaceship. How can they solve the problem? Teacher Harriet gently encourages, “try to fix the problem yourself and you’ll feel proud.” This relatable story includes tips at the end for how parents and caregivers can help their little ones learn how to build confidence and solve problems on their own! © 2016 The Fred Rogers Company
32 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 5, 2016
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November 4, 2017
a simple easy reader which focuses on ways to share at school and solve your own problems. toddler and up
January 14, 2022
DANIEL PLAYS AT SCHOOL is a great early reader about sharing, compromise, and problem-solving. Daniel and Miss Elaina want to play together at school, but Daniel wants to build a train while Miss Elaina wants to build a spaceship - they want to do something different. When they go to talk to their teacher, she suggests that they try to solve the problem themselves - it will make them feel proud. They talk about it and decide to build a space-train! They do feel proud. When another conflict comes up later, they know just what to do!
What I loved: This is a really fun early reader with some great themes around problem-solving, compromise, and sharing. While Daniel and Miss Elaina seem to be in conflict over what to play, when they work together, they can come up with something really cool to do and create a new fun game! The power of compromise really shines through as start their new game. When another conflict arises for Daniel and Prince Wednesday who want to wear the same jacket to be an alien, they are also able to come to a compromise. The book also shows children how proud they will feel when they solve their own problems.
As a Ready-to-Read early reader, the book contains large and simple text on each page that caregivers can read and point to as they move along to encourage word comprehension. The size and clarity of the font is great for this, and the length makes this a fun choice for preschoolers. The story adds to the fun, as Daniel Tiger is one that both caregivers and children can appreciate! Expressive characters and colorful illustrations make this a great pick all around.
Final verdict: A great Ready-to-Read early reader, DANIEL PLAYS AT SCHOOL encourages children to compromise and try to solve problems themselves as they play with their classmates. This is another great Daniel Tiger story for fans old and new!
What I loved: This is a really fun early reader with some great themes around problem-solving, compromise, and sharing. While Daniel and Miss Elaina seem to be in conflict over what to play, when they work together, they can come up with something really cool to do and create a new fun game! The power of compromise really shines through as start their new game. When another conflict arises for Daniel and Prince Wednesday who want to wear the same jacket to be an alien, they are also able to come to a compromise. The book also shows children how proud they will feel when they solve their own problems.
As a Ready-to-Read early reader, the book contains large and simple text on each page that caregivers can read and point to as they move along to encourage word comprehension. The size and clarity of the font is great for this, and the length makes this a fun choice for preschoolers. The story adds to the fun, as Daniel Tiger is one that both caregivers and children can appreciate! Expressive characters and colorful illustrations make this a great pick all around.
Final verdict: A great Ready-to-Read early reader, DANIEL PLAYS AT SCHOOL encourages children to compromise and try to solve problems themselves as they play with their classmates. This is another great Daniel Tiger story for fans old and new!
June 28, 2025
Daniel Tiger books are consistently good. The text is large; the illustrations provide clues about context and emotion, and there is repetition of the key point. In this case, "Try to solve the problem yourself. You will feel proud." There were two problems in this book, and the kiddos solved them both. And felt proud. Good work!
August 18, 2017
L (2 1/2) keeps checking these Daniel Tiger books out at the library, probably because they are at her eye level and he's a recognizable character. I read this to both L and S tonight and liked the lesson very much: try to solve your problems yourself so you can feel proud.
June 18, 2018
Great reader for kids!
November 20, 2018
Teacher Harriet has so much more patience than I do!
July 29, 2019
Ugga mugga, compadre
November 21, 2019
Love Daniel Tiger for young readers.
November 10, 2022
Good one !!
May 28, 2025
This one teaches great problem solving skills without the interference from adults. Great book to use to help build independence with new readers.
December 29, 2025
Critical thinking ahead.
January 6, 2026
School is a foreign concept to North Las Vegas. God Bless!
January 5, 2017
I loved the lesson here: figure out a solution to a problem yourself and feel proud of your hard work!
May 26, 2023
The Daniel Tiger books are wonderful additions to our home library, they teach toddlers important concepts!
January 17, 2018
it is 3 stars because I don't really like the two parts that they are fighting. the part I liked was the rest when they were not fighting. 🇨🇦🍉🍎🌽🍓🍒🍌🍏🥕I AM HOPE. the message was good and the story was simple. wait-. it was less than 5 stars????? wow!!!
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