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"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALEKrampien, Celia
Summary: Most people would say there is nothing good about trudging to school on a rainy day. Most people would say that being carried away by the wind and dropped into the middle of a tumultuous sea is a very bad sort of situation. No, most people wouldn't like that at all. But, Sunny isn't most people. Sunny likes to look on the bright side. And when things get exceedingly bleak? Well, isn't that what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Book Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KRARahman, Bahram
Summary: Young Aria returns to school after recovering from an accident and being fitted with a prosthetic leg, but the school has no furniture and sitting on the floor is too painful. She finds a way to build her own bench, surprising and inspiring her classmates. A sensitive author's note addresses the author's experience growing up in Afghanistan during the civil war and the legacy of landmines. --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pajama Press Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RAHSteele, K-Fai
Summary: "Pip is a normal pig who does normal stuff: cooking, painting, and dreaming of what she'll be when she grows up. But one day a new pig comes to school and starts pointing out all the ways in which Pip is different. Suddenly she doesn't like any of the same things she used to...the things that made her Pip. A wonderful springboard for conversations with children, at home and in the classroom,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STEAguilera, Claudio
Summary: "As a young boy walks nine kilometers to school, he travels through the mountain and rain forest landscapes of southern Chile"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AGUYankovic, Al
Summary: An exuberant eight-year-old details for his teacher and classmates the astonishing variety of inventive careers he is thinking of pursuing when he grows up.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE YANRhodes-Courter, Ashley
Summary: Evan, Sam, and Finn fish, climb trees, and play astronauts together, but when Sam wants to have long hair and wear dresses, Evan is confused until he learns what it means to be transgender.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RHODahl, Michael
Summary: A young girl faces her greatest challenge, one that will require all her courage and kindness--school, and a spelling test.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2017
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Summary: A child describes Valentine's Day at school and the special cards the children give and receive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sky Pony Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: JE HALShannon, David
Summary: David's activities in school include chewing gum, talking out of turn, and engaging in a food fight, causing his teacher to say over and over, "No, David!"
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Sky Press 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Shannon 1999Kroll, Steven.
Summary: Clayton and Desmond work together to try to find the biggest apple for a school contest, but when realize they will not win they find a better use for all of the apples they have collected.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cartwheel Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE KROPett, Mark
Summary: A poop-loving dung beetle learns not to hide the quirks that make him special.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PETChoi, Yangsook.
Summary: After Unhei moves from Korea to the United States, her new classmates help her decide what her name should be.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2023
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Summary: Zura is worried about how her classmates will react to her Ghanaian Nana's tattoos on Grandparents Day, but Nana finds a way to show how special and meaningful they are.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2020
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Summary: Sam has trouble deciding what he is grateful for during a Thanksgiving-themed classroom assignment. Includes facts about Thanksgiving Day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ELLLamb, Anne
Summary: When Grumpy Toad claims he doesn't eat bananas, Pete the Cat encourages Grumpy to try the banana casserole Pete brought for the class potluck.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperFestival, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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2 available in Kids' Favorite Characters, Call number: JE PETBottner, Barbara
Summary: "Priscilla is obsessed with gorillas. But when her ape-like behavior gets her sent to the Thinking Corner, Priscilla wonders if she is really channeling her inner gorilla, or just being a troublemaker"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BOTLauria, Lisa
Summary: "The school supplies have gone missing, and because of Romeo's wacky invention, Catboy and Gekko now have Owlette's powers. But Owlette doesn't want to share her powers. Will the PJ Masks be able to work together and save the school?"--Publisher marketing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2019
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Summary: A nervous Splat finds his first day at Cat School much better than he expected.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCOCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCOParish, Herman.
Summary: Literal-minded even as a child, Amelia Bedelia muddles through Valentine's Day with her heart on her sleeve, trying to make sense of strange greetings at school and home, and ever on the look-out for the arrows of Cupid.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2009
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2 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: E ParCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: JE PARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE PARBorden, Louise.
Summary: Each member of a first grade class, as well as their teacher, principal, and a bus driver, expresses excitement, worry, or hope as the first day of school begins.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BORMilord, Susan.
Summary: Children gather for a first day of school celebration that calms their worries about the day. Includes note about the history of such celebrations, and a related website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2008