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Going to School -- For Kids & Parents
Books for Kids
Miss Nelson is missing! - Harry Allard and James Marshall
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/09/1977
ISBN-13: 9780395252963
ISBN-10: 0395252962
The kids in Room 207 take advantage of their teacher's good nature until she disappears and they are faced with a vile substitute.
Miss Nelson is back - Harry Allard and James Marshall
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/25/1982
ISBN-13: 9780395329566
ISBN-10: 0395329566
When their teacher has to go away for a week, the kids in room 207 plan to "really act up.".
The Berenstain Bears go back to school - Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain and Mike Berenstain
Publisher: HarperCollins Pub.
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/01/2005
ISBN-13: 9780060526740
ISBN-10: 0060526742
On the first day of the new school year, the Berenstain cubs find it to be a little scary but also exciting, and by the closing bell, Brother and Sister can hardly wait to see what will happen on day two!.
Franklin goes to school - Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/01/1997
ISBN-13: 9781550744248
ISBN-10: 1550744240
On the first day of school, Franklin is a little nervous, but his teacher, Mr. Owl, knows just what to do.
Arthur's teacher moves in - Marc Tolon Brown
Publisher: Little, Brown
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/2000
ISBN-13: 9780316119795
ISBN-10: 0316119792
Dreading having his teacher stay with his family, Arthur is surprised to discover that Mr. Ratburn is a regular person outside of the classroom, but soon his friends begin teasing Arthur that he has become a teacher's pet. 75,000 first printing.
First grade, here I come! - Nancy L. Carlson
Publisher: Viking
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/20/2006
ISBN-13: 9780670061273
ISBN-10: 0670061271
Henry tells his mother that he did not like his first day of first grade, but as he describes what he did and learned, he begins to realize that he might enjoy it after all.
First graders from Mars. Episode 1, Horus's horrible day - Shana Corey and Mark Teague
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/01/2001
ISBN-13: 9780439262200
ISBN-10: 0439262208
Delighted to start first grade, Horus is dismayed to discover that there are no slime tables, no nap mats, and no snacks, and after being put in the Beta reading group instead of the Alpha, Horus longs to be back in Martiangarten.
First day jitters - Julie Danneberg and Judith DuFour Love
Publisher: Charlesbridge
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/01/2000
ISBN-13: 9781580890540
ISBN-10: 1580890547
Sarah is afraid to start at a new school, but both she and the reader are in for a surprise when she gets to her class.
I'm telling you, Dex, kindergarten rocks! - Katie Davis
Publisher: Harcourt
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/01/2005
ISBN-13: 9780152049324
ISBN-10: 0152049320
Although excited about his first day of school, Dexter begins to think of all the things that could go wrong, such as getting lost in school or meeting a mean teacher, until his spunky sister, Jessie, provides the perfect words of encouragement that puts his mind at ease for good!.
Brand-new pencils, brand-new books - Diane De Groat
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/01/2005
ISBN-13: 9780060726133
ISBN-10: 006072613X
Gilbert's excitement over starting first grade turns to worry that the teacher will be mean, the work too hard, and his classmates too unfriendly, but throughout the day there are pleasant surprises.
Dumpy at school - Julie Edwards, Emma Walton Hamilton and Tony Walton
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/2000
ISBN-13: 9780786806102
ISBN-10: 0786806109
Dumpy accompanies Charlie to his first day of school when the lovable dump truck is enlisted to help build a new playground, and boy and truck find reassurance as newcomers in their companionship with one another. 100,000 first printing.
Minifred goes to school - Mordicai Gerstein
Publisher: HarperCollins
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/01/2009
ISBN-13: 9780060758899
ISBN-10: 0060758899
When Mr. Portly finds a kitten, he and his wife raise her like a child, but unlike a typical child, Minifred the kitten does not like to follow rules at home or at school. 30,000 first printing.
It's my school - Sally Grindley and Margaret Chamberlain
Publisher: Walker & Company
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/27/2006
ISBN-13: 9780802780867
ISBN-10: 0802780865
Tom is not happy that his younger sister, Alice, is starting kindergarten at his school and doesn't understand why he has to share his school with his annoying little sister.
Miss Mingo and the first day of school - Jamie Harper
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/11/2006
ISBN-13: 9780763624101
ISBN-10: 0763624101
Miss Mingo helps all of the animal students in her class overcome their shyness on the first day of school by encouraging them to share something special about themselves, in an informative book filled with facts about frogs, ants, snakes, crickets, and a host of other familiar animals.
School days - B. G. (Barbara G.) Hennessy and Tracey Campbell Pearson
Publisher: Viking
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/1990
ISBN-13: 9780670830251
ISBN-10: 0670830259
Rhyming text and illustrations describe the familiar faces and objects of a day at school.
We love school! - Marilyn Janovitz
Publisher: North-South Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/01/2007
ISBN-13: 9780735821125
ISBN-10: 0735821127
Simple rhymes and illustrations describe what kittens like about going to school. By the creator of We Love Christmas!.
Leo the late bloomer - Robert Kraus and José Aruego
Publisher: Windmill Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/01/1973
ISBN-13: 9780878070435
ISBN-10: 0878070435
Leo, a young tiger, finally blooms under the anxious eyes of his parents.
Little Bear goes to kindergarten - Jutta Langreuter and Vera Sobat
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/01/1997
ISBN-13: 9780761302315
ISBN-10: 076130231X
Little Bear likes the teacher, other children, and activities on his first day at kindergarten, but he does not want his mother to leave.
Something for school - Hyun Young Lee
Publisher: Kane/Miller Book Publishers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/2008
ISBN-13: 9781933605852
ISBN-10: 1933605855
On the first day of kindergarten, Joon's teacher mistakes Joon, who has short hair and is wearing trousers, for a boy, something she finds very upsetting until she figures out a way to let everyone know who she is.
Follow the line to school - Laura Ljungkvist
Publisher: Viking
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/07/2011
ISBN-13: 9780670012268
ISBN-10: 0670012262
Encourages young readers to follow the line as it travels through a typical school day, including story-time, recess, library time, and show-and-tell.
Froggy goes to school - Jonathan London and Frank Remkiewicz
Publisher: Viking
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/01/1996
ISBN-13: 9780670867264
ISBN-10: 0670867268
Presents an amusing tale of a common situation in a young child's life as Froggy, nervous and excited about his first day of school, fumbles and jumbles about the house in an attempt to prepare himself for the approaching day.
Countdown to kindergarten - Alison McGhee and Harry Bliss
Publisher: Harcourt
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/01/2002
ISBN-13: 9780152025168
ISBN-10: 0152025162
After hearing about all the horrors of school from a first grader, a little girl decides that school is not for her and has to find a way out as the first day of school draws ever closer. Children's BOMC. 20,000 first printing.
The wheels on the school bus - Mary-Alice Moore and Laura Huliska-Beith
Publisher: HarperCollins
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/01/2006
ISBN-13: 9780060594275
ISBN-10: 0060594276
Little ones can sing along with this classic song as a group of feisty students make their morning bus ride a fun-filled adventure to remember, in a title that comes complete with the song's musical arrangement.
When an elephant comes to school - Jan Ormerod
Publisher: Orchard Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/01/2005
ISBN-13: 9780439739672
ISBN-10: 0439739675
It is an elephant's first day at school, and with the help of his new classmates, he learns the daily routine, including arts and crafts, playing, lunch, storytelling, and quiet time.
The Kissing hand - Audrey Penn, Ruth E. Harper and Nancy M. Leak
Publisher: Child Welfare League of America
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/1993
ISBN-13: 9780878685851
ISBN-10: 0878685855
When Chester the raccoon is reluctant to go to kindergarten for the first time, his mother teaches him a secret way to carry her love with him.
Kindergarten diary - Antoinette Portis
Publisher: Harper
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/22/2010
ISBN-13: 9780061456916
ISBN-10: 0061456918
Annalina’s diary entries reflect her up-and-down feelings and experiences as she goes from being afraid to go to kindergarten to loving it during her first month of school. By the creator of the Theodore Seuss Geisel Honor Book, Not a Box. 50,000 first printing.
First day, hooray! - Nancy Poydar
Publisher: Holiday House
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/1999
ISBN-13: 9780823414376
ISBN-10: 082341437X
With her new shoes and shiny lunch box, young Ivy Green is excited about her first day at school, but as the day draws closer, she begins to get nervous about silly things and must calm herself down before her worries get out of control.
First grade stinks! - Mary Ann Rodman and Beth Spiegel
Publisher: Peachtree
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/29/2006
ISBN-13: 9781561453771
ISBN-10: 1561453773
First-grader Haley wishes she were back having fun in Ms. Lacy's kindergarten class, until she finds out that first grade can be special, too. By the illustrator of Rosa's Room.
The twelve days of kindergarten : a counting book - Deborah Lee Rose and Carey Armstrong-Ellis
Publisher: H.N. Abrams
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/01/2003
ISBN-13: 9780810945128
ISBN-10: 0810945126
Presents a cumulative counting verse in which a child enumerates items in the kindergarten classroom, from the whole alphabet, A to Z, to twelve eggs for hatching.
Vera's new school - Vera Rosenberry
Publisher: Henry Holt
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/25/2006
ISBN-13: 9780805076134
ISBN-10: 0805076131
After moving to a new town, Vera must face her first day at her new school, but when Jungle Larry and his wild animals come to do a presentation, an unexpected event happens that turns Vera's day into some extraordinary!.
Ham and Pickles : first day of school - Nicole Rubel
Publisher: Harcourt
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/01/2006
ISBN-13: 9780152050399
ISBN-10: 0152050396
Pickles is nervous about her first day of school, but taking advice from her big brother Ham may not be the best idea, in a quirky story about first-day jitters.
Ham and Pickles : first day of school - Nicole Rubel
Publisher: Harcourt
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/01/2006
ISBN-13: 9780152050399
ISBN-10: 0152050396
Pickles is nervous about her first day of school, but taking advice from her big brother Ham may not be the best idea, in a quirky story about first-day jitters.
I love school! - Philemon Sturges and Shari Halpern
Publisher: HarperCollins
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/01/2004
ISBN-13: 9780060092849
ISBN-10: 006009284X
Rhyming text and bright illustrations celebrate the many fun things that kids experience during a busy day at school, such as playing with blocks, learning the alphabet, feeding the pet rabbit, and riding on the bus.
Mouse's first day of school - Lauren Thompson and Buket Erdogan
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/01/2003
ISBN-13: 9780689847271
ISBN-10: 0689847270
In a lively book filled with simple, energetic text and sweet illustrations, Mouse decides to hide inside a bright red backpack and ends up making a journey to school; while there, he discovers a world beyond his imagination, exploring colors, letters, numbers and finding new friends along the way.
Timothy goes to school - Rosemary Wells
Publisher: Dial Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/01/1981
ISBN-13: 9780803789487
ISBN-10: 0803789483
Timothy learns about being accepted and making friends during the first week of his first year at school.
Yoko writes her name - Rosemary Wells
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/29/2008
ISBN-13: 9780786803712
ISBN-10: 0786803711
Embarrassed after being teased by others for writing her name in Japanese, Yoko refuses to return to kindergarten, but with encouraging words from her parents, kindness from her teacher, and lots of support from her classmates, Yoko learns English quickly and, in the end, graduates with her head held high!.
Tom goes to kindergarten - Margaret Wild and David Legge
Publisher: Albert Whitman
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/01/2000
ISBN-13: 9780807580127
ISBN-10: 0807580120
When Tom arrives for his first day of kindergarten, he realizes that he doesn't want his parents to leave, so Daddy, Mommy, and Baby stay with him and have a rollicking good time, but when they want to come back, Tom's teacher tells them kindergarten is only for children!.
Books for Grown Ups
School sense : how to help your child succeed in elementary school - Tiffani Chin
Publisher: Santa Monica Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/01/2004
ISBN-13: 9781891661402
ISBN-10: 189166140X
The Mom book goes to school : insider tips to ensure your child thrives in elementary and middle school - Stacy M. DeBroff and Stacy M. DeBroff
Publisher: Free Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/15/2005
ISBN-13: 9780743257541
ISBN-10: 0743257545
A guide for parents on how to become effective advocates for school-age children while facilitating learning at home covers such topics as responding appropriately to poor grades, fostering a productive relationship with a teacher, and avoiding homework problems. Original. 25,000 first printing.
The Between the lions book for parents : everything you need to know to help your child learn to read - Linda K. Rath, Louise Kennedy and Christopher Cerf
Publisher: HarperResource
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/01/2004
ISBN-13: 9780060510275
ISBN-10: 0060510277
Inspired by the award-winning literacy series Between the Lions, this practical parent's handbook explains how to help youngsters ages four to seven develop a talent for and love of reading, addressing common reading difficulties and how to overcome them and offering a host of fun activities, creative tips, and information to assist the reading process. 35,000 first printing.
The Mister Rogers parenting book : helping to understand your young child - Fred Rogers
Publisher: Running Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/16/2002
ISBN-13: 9780762413454
ISBN-10: 076241345X
Discusses the concerns of contemporary parents, including mealtime behavior, television rules, making friends, divorce, and tragic events in the news.
Dr. Spock's the school years : the emotional and social development of children - Benjamin Spock and Martin T. Stein
Publisher: Pocket Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/31/2001
ISBN-13: 9780743411233
ISBN-10: 0743411234
In a second volume of previously uncollected writings, the renowned pediatrician offers information and advice for parents of school-age children, from preschoolers through teens, sharing tips on teach youngsters values and responsibilities, discipline, dealing with violence, peer pressure, step-parenting, stress, and prioritizing school work. Original.
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