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Summary: Siblings Tad and Lily are overcome with first-day-of-school jitters. What will they have to learn? How will they know what time it is? To allay their fears, Edison shows them their classroom and their older brother Leap reassures them about school. It's normal to be nervous about a new situation, but Tad and Lily are now feeling confident and excited. Their school-related fears are transformed...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: LeapFrog Enterprises 2009

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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: J Teach Me DVD Leap Let's 2009

Summary: It's the first day of school at Frederick Douglass Elementary and everyone's just a little bit nervous, especially the school itself. What will the children do once they come? Will they like the school? Will they be nice to him? The school has a rough start, but as the day goes on, he soon recovers when he sees that he's not the only one going through first-day jitters.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SCH

Summary: In 'Blue takes you to school': Periwinkle is excited for his first day of school, but he is also a little nervous too. Luckily, he's got good friends coming with him. In 'Numbers everywhere': from refrigerator magnets to backyard flowers, everyone is counting in Joe and Blue's house. In 'Blue's ABC's': It's reading time at Steve and Blue's house and there is so much to R-E-A-D! In 'Math!':...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BLU

Freitas, Bethany V.

Summary: 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FRE

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FRE

Julian, Sean

Summary: "It's Norman's first day at Dino Day Care. Who wouldn't be nervous? First, Norman does what he does best: he makes himself invisible. But eventually he manages to find his courage, with a little help from a new friend and just a hint of magic"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: NorthSouth 2020

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE JUL

Olsen, Elizabeth

Summary: "Meet Hattie Harmony, Worry Detective. She's always there to help her friends when they need her. And the first day of school can cause a lot of jitters--from speaking in front of the class to taking the bus. Hattie always finds the perfect tools to calm her friends' bodies and minds. But when her own fears start to bubble up, can Hattie learn to overcome them herself?"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE OLS

Alessandri, Alexandra

Summary: "English just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers her native Spanish. As she prepares for a new school, she knows she's going to have to learn. Her first day is uncomfortable, until she employs her crayons and discovers there's more than one way to communicate with new friends"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2021

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ALE

Betancourt-Perez, Jessica

Summary: Newly arrived from Colombia, Isabella's first day of school in the United States is cancelled because of snow and when Isabella notices a girl playing outside she makes a new friend, despite the language barrier.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2021

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Parish, Herman.

Summary: A literal-minded first-grader's first day of school is filled with confusing adventures, much to her delight.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2011

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PAR

Silvestro, Annie

Summary: "Rosie can't wait to start kindergarten--she's had her pencils sharpened and her backpack ready for weeks. But suddenly, on the night before the big day, her tummy hurts. Rosie's mom reassures her that it's just butterflies in her belly, and she'll feel better soon. Much to Rosie's surprise, when she says hello to a new friend on the bus, a butterfly flies out of her mouth! As the day goes on,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books, an imprint of Sterling Publishing 2019

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SIL

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SIL

Avery, Bryan Patrick

Summary: It is Mordecai's first day in Mr. Grizley's class, and before he can really introduce himself it is time for the school assembly--but when the scheduled magic show is canceled Mordecai steps in and reveals that he has brought some magic tricks of his own.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2021

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Crow, Melinda Melton.

Summary: "School Bus is ready for his big job on the first day of school"--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2012

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Griffin, Molly Beth

Summary: Stella the Mouse, Nico the Toad, Delilah the Spider, and Bo the Parakeet are all delighted that today is the first day of school, and the children will be back--but some of the children, the new ones, seem nervous and unhappy, so the four school friends set out to find some way to make those children feel welcome.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2019

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE GRI

Hernandez, Jess

Summary: Milly is thrilled to be accepted into the elite Unicorn School, although she is a donkey in disguise, but her first day reveals she has much in common with her fellow newcomers.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Editions, a Capstone imprint 2021

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Lazar, Tara

Summary: Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls of all ages! It's the most amazing day on earth: the first day of school! It can be a daunting prospect, but don't worry - your big brother can show you the ropes. Join a nervous boy and his enthusiastic older brother as they navigate the highs and lows of a first day at school . . . except this school is a big top, and the teacher is named Miss Stupendous,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LAZ

Ornstein, Mike

Summary: After his parrot companion flies away, a rough and tough pirate experiences anxiety on his first day as a school bus driver, echoing some of the concerns expressed by the young students in his care.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ORN

Rose, Nancy (Nancy Patricia)

Summary: As summer comes to an end, Mr. Peanuts helps his friend, Rosie, prepare her classroom and the school for the students' return.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC ROS

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ROS

Carr, Jan (M. J.)

Summary: It is the first day of second grade and already Buddy is disappointed because his class has a new teacher, not the one he wanted, and there is a new student, Bea, who is boisterous and much too pushy for the reserved Buddy--and who insists that they are friends.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree 2023

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Crow, Katrine

Summary: "What do you do when you feel like you don't fit in? Find something that makes you stand out"--Page 4 cover

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Flowerpot Press 2020

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE CRO

Syed, Anoosha

Summary: 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SYE

Willems, Mo

2 holds on 8 copies

Summary: 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 2019

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WIL

Beebe, Katy

Summary: "Khepri, who lives in ancient Egypt, begins to feel nervous as he and his father travel to Thebes for Khepri's first day of scribe school"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2017

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BEE

Bridwell, Norman.

Summary: When Clifford is a small puppy Emily Elizabeth takes him to school for show and tell. It's just one mess after another.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2011

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BRI

Guendelsberger, Erin

Summary: 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Wonderland 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GUE

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Pre Guendelsberger

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