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First Day of School

Help your child get ready for Kindergarten with these helpful reads.

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  • Join The Very Hungry Caterpillar and celebrate everything to love about school, from learning to read to making new friends! Featuring Eric Carle's classic art style, this small hardcover book is the perfect way to explore the joys of learning and…
    Picture Book, 2026New York, NY : World of Eric Carle, 2026. — JP DeGen
  • A teacher welcomes a new group of students on the first day of school and introduces an exciting and collaborative year ahead
    Picture Book, 2026New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2026. — JP Penfo
  • The first day back to school is always a little scary, but Alpaca's ready to face the new year! With shoes tied and snack-a all packed-a, Alpaca's first day back is filled with classroom fun.
    Picture Book, 2025New York : Abrams Appleseed, 2025. — JP Bardh
  • Twin siblings excitedly get ready for their first day at Grand Slam Elementary, tackling tasks and challenges with a fun baseball twist.
    Picture Book, 2025New York : Viking, 2025. — JP Heged
  • Join five animal friends as they start school in this delightful introduction to the school day, from getting dressed in the morning to home time. Charming illustrations depict the school day and some of the early years concepts including colours,…
    Picture Book, 2024London : Usborne, 2024. — JP Brook
  • First Day, Hooray!

    a Book of School Day Feelings

    Sobel, June
    Inspired by the way educators talk about emotions and build emotional literacy with young children, this back-to-school picture book follows a group of kids as they learn to identify and process the wide range of feelings they bring on the first day…
    Picture Book, 2024New York, NY : Clarion Books, 2024. — JP Sobel
  • Ruby the fox uses tools to overcome her social anxiety during a class project at her new school.
    Picture Book, 2024New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2024. — JP Stott
  • Simple, rhyming text offers sweet and simple tips on how kids can become their most confident self, from gaining the confidence to try new things to not letting nerves prevent presenting at show-and-tell.
    Picture Book, 2023New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 2023. — JP Stein
  • Perfect for returning students and first timers alike, this picture book celebrates the signs leading up to the start of school, such as cooler mornings and ripening apples, and the excitement of the first day.
    Picture Book, 2023Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023. — JP Brenn
  • Excited for her first day of school because she'll be with her brothers all day, Kiki soon discovers they are in another classroom and succumbs to nerves until she learns that as long as she's herself, she can always make new friends.
    Picture Book, 2023New York, NY : Roaring Brook Press, 2023. — JP Jaram
  • With each spread featuring a different kid-friendly, kindergarten-ready activity, this picture book, written in a call-and-response format, follows a diverse cast of soon-to-be kindergartners as they get ready for their first day of school.
    Picture Book, 2023New York, NY : Clarion Books, an imprint HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023. — JP Freit
  • The night before he starts kindergarten Milo's dreams are full of worry, but after a fun first day of school, Milo decides that he likes kindergarten!
    Picture Book, 2023New York, New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2023. — JP Wells
  • A backpack deals with first-day-of-school jitters and feeling out of place.
    Picture Book, 2023New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2023. — JP Rich
  • Sophie worries she will not turn into a werewolf on her first night of howlergarten.
    Picture Book, 2023New York : Penguin Workshop, 2023. — JP Shum
  • Mirha questions her name after her classmates continually pronounce it wrong on the first day of school so her mother helps her to learn the significance of her name and to be proud of it.
    Picture Book, 2022New York : Viking, 2022. — JP Syed
  • Little Yellow Bus is nervous on his first day of picking up kids, but as he drives along his route he notices that many of the children are also anxious and he begins to gain confidence.
    Picture Book, 2022Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Wonderland, 2022. — JP Guend
  • The pigeon must go to school, but frets about math, learning the alphabet, heavy backpacks, and what the teacher and other birds will think of him.
    Picture Book, 2019New York : Hyperion Books for Children, 2019. — JP Wil
  • Emily Elizabeth is nervous about making new friends and missing home. But with Clifford by her side in class to sing songs and play games, Emily Elizabeth learns how much fun kindergarten can be!
    Picture Book, 2015New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., 2015.
  • Pete the cat wears his school shoes when visiting the library, the lunchroom, the playground, and more while singing his special song.
    Picture Book, 2011New York : HarperCollins, 2011. — JP Litwi
  • School is starting in the forest, but Chester Raccoon does not want to go. To help ease Chester's fears, Mrs. Raccoon shares a family secret called the Kissing Hand to give him the reassurance of her love any time his world feels a little scary.
    Picture Book, 2006Terre Haute, IN : Tanglewood Press, 2006, c1993.