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
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FREOlsen, 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 OLSWing, Natasha
Summary: In rhyming text based on "The Night Before Christmas," Billy is too nervous to sleep the night before he begins preschool, but a kind teacher and new friends fill the day with fun.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD WINAlessandri, 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
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALEBetancourt-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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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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2023
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Summary: Illustrations and rhyming text follow a group of children who learn how to write, spell, make friends, and be kind on the first day back at school.
Format: text
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 PENParish, 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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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
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SILRockwell, Anne F.
Summary: Mrs. Madoff's students compare notes about getting ready for their first day of school after vacation.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Rockwell 2011Cobden, 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ladybird, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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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
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC ROSZoehfeld, Kathleen Weidner.
Summary: Christopher Robin is going away to school and Pooh and his friends wonder if they can go, so Christopher teaches them all about the first day of school.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 1997
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1 available in Kids' Favorite Characters, Call number: JE WALMorris, Lucy
Summary: May is anxious about her first day of school, but her mom reassures her that everyone gets butterflies when trying new things and even a butterfly has to learn to spread its wings.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MORSummary: 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
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SCHGoodman, Jenniphr.
Summary: When a young elephant is apprehensive about his first day of school, his parents show him how much fun school can be.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Press 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC GOOWillems, 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.
Format: text
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
2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WILJakubowski, Michele.
Summary: It is the first day of third grade and sassy Sydney and the new boy Sidney are not only neighbors, they are in the same class, so mix-ups are inevitable--but they soon find they share some common interests, including a love for Halloween.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC JAKHolmes, Kathryn
Summary: It's Tally Tuttle's first day of second grade, and she's super nervous. She's new in town and worries that she won't fit in, so when everyone starts teasing her about her full name, Tallulah, she wishes she could retreat into a shell. Then, all of a sudden, she does. Tally is shocked to discover that she's turned into a turtle. She'd heard that Mrs. Norrell's class was special, but she hadn't...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC HOLSanders, Rob
Summary: Ruby Rose loves to dance... while she's brushing her teeth, while she's eating her breakfast, and even on her way to class. But there's NO DANCING at school! Or is there? With a little luck and a lot of rhythm, Ruby Rose finds a way to get everyone up on their dancing feet.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC SANGuendelsberger, 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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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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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE CARGriffin, 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 GRIBeebe, 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