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, Call number: JE ALEKelkar, Supriya
Summary: "When an Indian American boy starts school in a new classroom, one child can't pronounce his name properly. It stings, but his parents remind him that his name shows how special he is. With lush illustrations by Sandhya Prabhat, award-winning author Supriya Kelkar writes a stunning tribute to the thing that introduces us to the world -- our names -- reminding readers of the beauty in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KELKim, Anna
Summary: "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, but she doesn't know the rules and just can't get anything right. Luckily, she isn't one to give up. With a spark of imagination, she makes up a new game and leads her classmates on a parade...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KIMCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KIMFreitas, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FREWindness, Kaz
Summary: "Bitsy is a little bat with big star dreams of making friends at her new school. But when she arrives, Bitsy doesn't feel like she fits in. The other kids sit on their chairs, but sitting upright makes Bitsy dizzy. The other kids paint with their fingers, but Bitsy would rather use her toes. Everyone tells Bitsy she's doing things wrong-wrong-wrong, so she tries harder...and ends up having a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WINSalas, Laura Purdie
Summary: Clover Kitty does NOT want to go to kittygarten! Although she might like a friend to play with, kittygarten feels overwhelming for a sensory-sensitive kitty like Clover. And when she arrives, it is exactly as she fears: her classroom is too loud, the lights are too bright, and everyone comes too close. So Clover throws a fit...and decides to quit kittygarten. But when a classmate comes to check...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Two Lions 2020
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Summary: "What do you do when you feel like you don't fit in? Find something that makes you stand out"--Page 4 cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flowerpot Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE CROScharnhorst, Becky
Summary: A young girl tries to get her octopus, who would much rather stay home, ready for school. Includes facts about octopuses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flamingo Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCHWillems, Mo
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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WILCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Willems 2019Copies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE WILManoli, Costantia
Summary: A young girl feels out of place on her first day of school in a new country until she discovers that it only takes one friend to make her new surroundings feel like home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MANCobden, Rose
Summary: A little dinosaur named Jewel is nervous about her first day of school, but when she makes new friends and settles into her class, Jewel decides she likes school.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ladybird, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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Summary: "This is no ordinary first journey. The rainy season has come to the Mekong Delta, and An, a young Vietnamese boy, sets out alone in a wooden boat wearing a little backpack and armed only with a single oar. On the way, he is confronted by giant crested waves, heavy rainfall and eerie forests where fear takes hold of him. Although daunted by the dark unknown, An realizes that he is not alone and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Make Me a World 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PHUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WLD Culture Phung 2021Hernandez, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Editions, a Capstone imprint 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE HERFinison, Carrie
Summary: Little Tortoise hurries to school on her first day in order to be on time, but despite her best efforts she gets passed by all her friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FINNiebuhr-Siebert, Sandra
Summary: Mina is worried about starting a new kindergarten in her new country. The classroom is full of laughter, friendly faces and fun things to do, but the only word Mina can understand is her name. As she listens to stories and songs, chatter and instructions, Mina's understanding steadily grows. She tries out sounds that roar in her throat and tickle her tongue until the new words feel like her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Floris Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE NIECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NIERabe, Tish
Summary: "On the first day of first grade I had fun right away... Count twelve fun-filled firsts of first grade!" --cover p. 4
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RABBrenner, Tom
Summary: "Cooler mornings, cicadas buzzing, apples ripening . . . Can shopping for school supplies be far behind? The evening before the first day means laying out your outfit, loading up your backpack, and filling a lunch box with your favorite things. When the alarm goes off, there's Dad's extra-special breakfast (and, of course, some picture-taking), then the feeling of bubbly excitement as you and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BRECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BREMoyle, Sabrina
Summary: This energetic picture book prepares young readers for their first day of school with humor and encouragement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Appleseed 2021