It is that time of year again. Help your child prepare for school with some of these back-to-school stories. Browse through the slideshows and click the linked title to reserve a copy.
PICTURE BOOKS
The King of Kindergarten (2019) by Derrick Barnes Milk Goes to School (2016) by Terry Border Monkey: Not Ready for Kindergarten (2015) by Marc Brown I Am Too Absolutely Small for School (2004) by Lauren Child The Name Jar (2003) by Yangsook Choi Click, Clack, Quack to School! (2018) by Doreen Cronin First Day Jitters (2000) by Julie Danneberg Llama Llama Misses Mama (2009) by Anna Dewdney Pearl Goes to Preschool (2020) by Julie Fortenberry We Don’t Eat Our Classmates! (2018) by Ryan T. Higgins
First Day Critter Jitters (2020) by Jory John Danbi Leads the School Parade (2020) by Anna Kim Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes (2011) by Eric Litwin The Color Monster Goes to School (2020) by Anna Llenas Froggy Goes to School (1996) by Jonathan London Superhero vs. School (2020) by Ethan Long If You Take a Mouse to School (2002) by Laura Numeroff If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don’t! 2015) by Elise Parsley All Are Welcome (2018) by Alexandra Penfold All Welcome Here (2020) by James Preller
School’s First Day of School (2016) by Adam Rex I Got the School Spirit (2020) by Connie Schofield-Morrison David Goes to School (1999) by David Shannon Butterflies on the First Day of School (2019) by Annie Silvestro If I Built a School (2019) by Chris Van Dusen Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten? (2010) by Audrey Vernick The Pigeon Has to Go to School! (2019) by Mo Willems The Night Before First Grade (2005) by Natasha Wing The Night Before Kindergarten (2001) by Natasha Wing The Day You Begin (2018) by Jacqueline Woodson
EASY READERS
Alvin Gets an A (2012) by Kirsten Mayer Peanut Butter’s First Day of School (2018) by Terry Border Get Ready for Second Grade, Amber Brown (2002) by Paula Danziger Dinotrux Go to School (2014) by Chris Gall Lucky Goes to School! (2001) by Gail Herman Back to School Is Cool (2005) by Jim Jinkins Lionel at School (2000) by Stephen Krensky The First Day of School (2005) by Margaret McNamara Big Shark, Little Shark Go to School (2019) by Anna Membrino Joe and Sparky Go to School (2013) by Jamie Michalak
NONFICTION
Dan’s First Day of School: A Book About Emotions (2018) by Kerry Dinmont It’s Back to School We Go: First Day Stories From Around the World (2003) by Ellen Jackson Tanya Takes the School Bus (2018) by Martha E.H. Rustad First Day of School (2009) by Nicola Barber Clothesline Clues to the First Day of School (2019) by Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook My First Day at School (2019) by Thomas Kingsley Troupe Ready, Set, Preschool! : Stories, Poems, and Picture Games, with an Educational Guide for Parents (2005) by Anna Jane Hays Does a Panda Go to School? (2003) by Fred Ehrlich Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten (1996) by Joseph Slate Lunch Money and Other Poems About School (1995) by Carol Diggory Shields
GRAPHIC NOVELS
All’s Faire in Middle School (2017) by Victoria Jamieson Real Friends (2017) by Shannon Hale Roller Girl (2015) by Victoria Jamieson
JUVENILE INTERMEDIATE FICTION
Cam Jansen and the Green School Mystery (2009) by David A. Adler Humphrey Adventures series (2004-) by Betty G. Birney Humphrey’s Tiny Tales series (2014-) by Betty G. Birney Princess Posey and the First Grade Parade (2010) by Stephanie Greene Dyamonde Daniel series (2009-) by Nikki Grimes Dory and the Real True Friend (2015) by Abby Hanlon Harry Versus the First 100 Days of School (2021) by Emily Jenkins Jada Jones series (2017-) by Kelly Starling Lyons Isadora Moon Goes to School (2017) by Harriet Muncaster Junie B. Jones series (1993-) by Barbara Park
JUVENILE FICTION
Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Go to School (2018) by Julie Falatko The Smartest Kid in the Universe (2020) by Chris Grabenstein Lights, Camera, Middle School! (2017) by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm Fish in a Tree (2015) by Lynda Mullaly Hunt American as Paneer Pie (2020) by Supriya Kelkar Merci Suárez Changes Gears (2018) by Meg Medina Accidental Trouble Magnet (2020) by Zanib Mian The First Rule of Punk (2017) by Celia C. Pérez Hole in the Middle (2019) by Coco Simon Clean Getaway (2020) by Nic Stone
AUDIOBOOKS / KITS
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (2004) by Judy Blume Matilda (1994) by Roald Dahl The Phantom Tollbooth (2008) by Norton Juster Alvin Ho Collection: Books 1-2 (2009) by Lenore Look The Gooney Bird Collection (2009) by Lois Lowry Solar System Superhero (2010) by Megan McDonald Junie B. Jones Collection. Books 17-20 (2002) by Barbara Park The Kissing Hand (2007) by Audrey Penn Clementine, Friend of the Week (2010) by Sara Pennypacker EllRay Jakes series (2014) by Sally Warner
ESPAÑOL / BILINGÜE
Adelita y las Verduritas Primas / Adelita and the Veggie Cousins (2011) por / by Diane Gonzales Bertrand Clifford Va a Kindergarten (2015) por Norman Bridwell Prepárate, Kindergarten! Allá Voy! / Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come! (2004) por / by Nancy Carlson Qué Nervios! : El Primer Día de Escuela (2006) por Julie Danneberg Dora Va a la Escuela / Dora Goes to School (2014) por / by Leslie Valdes Aprendo de mi Maestro / I Learn from My Teacher (2017) por / by Robert M. Hamilton Si Llevas un Ratón a la Escuela (2003) por Laura Numeroff Un Beso En Mi Mano (2006) por Audrey Penn Raritos (2018) por Svetlana Chmakova Junie B. Jones serie de libros (1993-) por Barbara Park
