Kelkar, 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 KEL

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 ALE

Windness, 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 WIN

Ransom, Candice F.

Summary: "Uni the Unicorn sets out to help the Little Girl collect 100 treasures to celebrate her 100th day at school"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2023

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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN RAN

Creech, Sharon

Summary: "Mr. Keene loved being the principal of his fine, fine school. He was so proud of his students drawing and painting and reading and singing that he thought his buttons would burst! Then one day his appendix burst, and a new principal, Mr. Tatters, swooped in to take his place. Mr. Tatters said, 'In order to be a smart, smart school, we will have lots and lots of tests.' And suddenly there were...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CRE

Murray, Laura

Summary: "When a leprechaun makes mischief at the school, the Gingerbread Man follows his clues and sets a trap to outsmart him"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MUR
2 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: JE MUR

Rahman, 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 RAH

Shannon, 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 FIC SHA

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Shannon 1999

Soo, Phillipa

Summary: When Piper is offered a solo at her school's Spring Sing, she must overcome her stage fright to put on an unforgettable performance.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio, an imprint of Random House Children's Books 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SOO

Munsch, Robert N.

Summary: "When Saoussan immigrated with her family from war-torn Lebanon, she was only seven years old. This picture book tells the story of how she had to adjust to her new home in Canada. She describes the frustration of not understanding the teacher when she started school, not knowing how to ask to go to the bathroom, and being terrified of a prop skeleton. This is the perfect book to help kids...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MUN

Santamaria, Sendy

Summary: Yenebi, her sister Melanie, and mom drive to school every morning across the US-Mexico border.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SAN

Haddish, Tiffany

Summary: "When Layla arrives for her first day of school at Unicornia, the school for unicorns, she realizes that she's not like the other kids there. They're all pastel colors and know the rules to Horn Ball and none of them come from the Woods like Layla does. Try as she might to make friends, Layla's just ... different. But when her class gets lost during a field trip to the Fiddle Dee Deep Forest,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HAD

Schu, John

Summary: A school is more than just a building. It's a community of people, a place for discovery, and a place to explore!

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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCH

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SCH