Books for the First Day of School

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Preschool \| Kindergarten \| Second Day \| DVDs

DAY CARE & PRESCHOOL
JP Boelts	Little Bunny's Preschool Countdown
JP Cole	When Mommy and Daddy Go to Work
JP Hays	Ready, Set, Preschool!
JP Hest	Off to School, Baby Duck
JP McGinty	Eliza's Kindergarten Surprise
JP Northway	See You Later, Mom!
JP Parr	Otto Goes to School
JP Rankin	First Day
JP Riddell	My First Day at Preschool
JP Thompson	Mouse's First Day of School
JP Tompert	Will You Come Back For Me?
JP Zalben	Don't Go

KINDERGARTEN

JP Bowen	How Did You Grow So Big, So Soon?
JP Carlson	Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come!
JP Child	I Am Too Absolutely Small for School
JP Davis	Kindergarten Rocks!
JP Hays	Kindergarten Countdown
JP Henkes	Wemberly Worried
JP Horse	Little Rabbit Goes to School
JP Kirk	Little Miss Spider at Sunny Patch School
JP Kroll	On the Way to Kindergarten
JP Levitin	When Kangaroo Goes to School
JP Middleton	Enrico Starts School
JP Neubecker	Wow! School!
JP Pak	Sumi’s First Day of School Ever
JP Rusackas	I Love You All Day Long
JP Schwartz	Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner
JP Slate	Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten
JP Stoeke	The Bus Stop
JP Sturges	I Love School!
JP Wild	Tom Goes to Kindergarten
JP Winget	Tucker's Four-Carrot School Day
And on the 2nd Day of School
JP Edwards	Ms. Bitsy Bat's Kindergarten

DVDs

JE DVD Blue	Blue Takes You to School
JE DVD Buddy	Buddy Bear in My First Day at Preschool
JE DVD Franklin	Franklin Favorite Turtle Tales
JE DVD School	School is Cool!
JE DVD 372 School	School (My Community)

School is a great place to make new friends. Check out our Friends booklist that celebrates friendship!

And, if you are having problems with some of your schoolmates, find books on our Bullies & Bullying list that can help.

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