This book describes what happens when you go to the cinema in 12 simple clear pictures.

It can be used before a child goes to the shops to the cinema for the first time, to prepare the child as to what is likely to happen.

I use the book as a visual aid to support my son. I use it to help prepare him for darkness and noise of the cinema, the fact that he will need to wait to buy the tickets and for the movie to start and that he needs to be quiet during the movie. But most of all I use it to help him understand what is going to happen and so as to reduce his anxiety about this new experience for him.