Check out our favorite back to school reads as we look towards the fall and prepare to go back to the classroom! These heartwarming stories are full of bravery, empathy, and inclusion.
We Will Rock Our Classmates: A Penelope Rex Book
Award-winning author-illustrator Ryan T. Higgins presents this headbanging companion to the #1 New York Times best-selling We Don't Eat Our Classmates.
Penelope is a T. rex, and she's very good at it. She also likes to rock out on guitar! With the school talent show coming up, Penelope can't wait to...
Celebrate the new school year with this lively back-to-school read-aloud!
Summer is over, and this little girl has got the school spirit! She hears the school spirit in the bus driving up the street--VROOM, VROOM!--and in the bell sounding in the halls--RING-A-DING! She sings the school spirit in...
An Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Honor Book
Meet Danbi, the new girl at school!
Danbi is thrilled to start her new school in America. But a bit nervous too, for when she walks into the classroom, everything goes quiet. Everyone stares. Danbi wants to join in the dances and the games...
First-day-of-school jitters have never been funnier or more reassuring than in this picture book by the New York Times bestselling author Jory John and critically acclaimed illustrator Liz Climo
It's almost the first day of school, and the animals are nervous. Sloth worries about getting there on...
Mo Willems, #1 New York Times best-selling creator and three-time Caldecott Honoree, presents everyone’s favorite Pigeon trying to escape . . . SCHOOL.
Why does the Pigeon have to go to school? He already knows everything! And what if he doesn’t like it? What if the teacher doesn’t like him? What if...
Butterflies on the First Day of School
The first day of school is exciting—but it can be scary, too! Meet Rosie, a brand-new student who just happens to have butterflies in her stomach.
“Silvestro and Chen take a common figure of speech and transform it, literally, into a lovely expression of a universal experience.” —Kirkus
“A cheering...
A New York Times bestseller!
A confident little boy takes pride in his first day of kindergarten, by the Newbery Honor-winning author of Crown.
The morning sun blares through your window like a million brass trumpets.It sits and shines behind your head--like a crown. Mommy says that today, you are...
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! A powerful, vibrantly illustrated story about the first day of school--and two sisters on one's first day of hijab--by Olympic medalist and social justice activist Ibtihaj Muhammad. With her new backpack and light-up shoes, Faizah knows the first day of...
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A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
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National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and two-time Pura Belpré Illustrator Award winner Rafael López have teamed up to create a poignant, yet heartening book about finding courage to connect, even when you feel scared...
All Are Welcome (An All Are Welcome Book)
Join the call for a better world with this New York Times bestselling picture book about a school where diversity and inclusion are celebrated. The perfect back-to-school read for every kid, family and classroom!
Includes a poster on the flip side of the jacket!
In our classroom safe and sound.
Fears...
We Don't Eat Our Classmates: A Penelope Rex Book
A fresh take on first-day-of-school-jitters with Penelope Rex, a dinosaur with a taste for children, from the author of the New York Times bestselling MOTHER BRUCE series, Ryan T. Higgins.
It's the first day of school for Penelope Rex, and she can't wait to meet her classmates. But it's hard to make...
Lena's Shoes Are Nervous: A First-Day-of-School Dilemma
In the tradition of School’s First Day of School, debut author Keith Calabrese and Pura Belpré Award winner Juana Medina share a sweet, universal story about a clever little girl whose shoes are nervous about the first day of school.
Today is a big day! Today, Lena starts kindergarten. She is very...
"An essential purchase that is simultaneously funny, frank, and soothing. A perfect first day read-aloud."― School Library Journal, starred review
A heartwarming and clever first day of school tale, from New York Times bestsellers Adam Rex (The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors) and Christian Robinson ...
Three students are immigrants from Guatemala, Korea, and Somalia and have trouble speaking, writing, and sharing ideas in English in their new American elementary school. Through self-determination and with encouragement from their peers and teachers, the students learn to feel confident and...
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It's Splat's first day of school, and he's worried. What if he doesn't make any new friends? Nervous kitties wondering about friends and school will enjoy laughing along with Splat the Cat!
Just in case, Splat decides to bring along his pet mouse, Seymour, and hides him in his lunchbox. The teacher...
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It's Back to School We Go!: First Day Stories from Around the World
It's back to school we go
The first day of school is an event that brings mixed emotions to children everywhere. There is excitement in seeing old friends, and it's nice to begin a new year with a new teacher and good intentions. But first day feelings are mixed. Will last year's friends still be...
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First Day Jitters (The Jitters Series #1)
THE BESTSELLING KIDS PICTURE BOOK: Calm first day of school anxiety with this classic back to school book that reminds students K-3 that everyone gets the jitters!
Includes a Certificate of Courage for First Day Completion and a First Day Memories Sheet!
Ink-and-watercolor illustrations and a “funny...
A classic, evergreen, and beloved picture book about making friends and overcoming anxiety from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kevin Henkes. Perfect for back-to-school!
#1 New York Times Bestseller · School Library Journal Best Book · Publishers Weekly Best Book · ALA Notable Children’s Book...
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Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten
This rhyming, brightly illustrated book is the perfect way to practice the alphabet and to introduce young children to kindergarten.
It's the first day of kindergarten and Miss Bindergarten is hard at work getting the classroom ready for her twenty-six new students. Meanwhile, Adam Krupp wakes up...