Off to School
Books to read with children getting ready to start kindergarten
Picture Books(Look for these books in the picture book section under the author's last name.) |
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| Author | Title |
| Ahlberg, Janet | Starting School |
| Describes with lots of humor the first day, the first week, and up to Christmas, at school. | |
| Aliki | Marianthe's Story One |
| Mari starts school in a new land. | |
| Carlson, Nancy | Look Out, Kindergarten, Here I Come |
| Although Henry looks forward to going to kindergarten, he's not so sure about staying there. | |
| Cazet, Denys | Born in the Gravy |
| A Mexican-American girl tells her father all about her first day of kindergarten. | |
| Cazet, Denys | Never Spit on Your Shoes |
| An exhausted Arnie tells Mom about the first day of first grade. | |
| Cohen, Miriam | Will I Have a Friend? |
| Jim worries about finding a friend in school and spends the first day searching for one. | |
| De Paola, Tomie | Meet the Barkers: Morgan and Moffat Go to School |
| Twins Moffie and Morgie enjoy starting school, especially getting gold stars. | |
| Grindley, Sally | I Don't Want To! |
| Jim resists mightily going to school, but by the end of the first day, he doesn't want to leave. | |
| Henkes, Kevin | Chrysanthemum |
| At school, kids tease Chrysanthemum about her name until the teacher intervenes. | |
| Henkes, Kevin | Wemberly Worried |
| A young mouse who worries about everything faces a whole new set of worries when she starts school. | |
| Hest, Amy | Off to School, Baby Duck |
| Baby Duck needs a little help from Grampa to face the first day of school. | |
| Jabar, Cynthia | Alice Ann Gets Ready for School |
| Alice Ann is so excited about her first day of school, she's the first one up and ready to go. | |
| London, Jonathan | Froggy Goes to School |
| Froggy's nervousness makes it hard to sit still for the first day of school. | |
| McCully, Emily | School |
| In a wordless story, a curious young mouse left at home sneaks off to see her older sibling's school. | |
| McGhee, Alison | Countdown to Kindergarten |
| With only ten days before the start of kindergarten, a child fears the worst - she still can't tie her shoes! | |
| Millman, Isaac | Moses Goes to School |
| Moses and his friends enjoy the first day of school at their school for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. | |
| Poydar, Nancy | First Day, Hooray! |
| All over town, folks get ready for the first day of school - including Ivy Green, her bus driver, teacher, and others who work at school. | |
| Rathmann, Peggy | Ruby the Copycat |
| At school, Ruby tries to be just like another girl until the teacher helps her be herself. | |
| Recorvits, Helen | My Name Is Yoon |
| In a new school in a new country, Yoon tries out different names for herself. | |
| Rockwell, Anne | Welcome to Kindergarten |
| A boy visits the classroom where he will start kindergarten. | |
| Rosenberry, Vera | Vera's First Day of School |
| Vera can't wait for the first day of school - but it's not quite what she expects. | |
| Schwartz, Amy | Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner |
| Spunky Annabelle's older sister gives her some unusual tips for her first day of school. | |
| Slate, Joseph | Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten |
| Miss Bindergarten, a sheepdog, and her animal students get ready for kindergarten in this humorous alphabet book. | |
| Stuve-Bodeen, Stephanie | Elizabeti's School |
| Elizabeti enjoys school but misses her family. | |
| Wells, Rosemary | Mama, Don't Go |
| Yoko loves kindergarten but doesn't want her mother to leave. | |
| Wells, Rosemary | McDuff Goes to School |
| McDuff the dog is enrolled in obedience school. | |
| Wells, Rosemary | Timothy Goes to School |
| Timothy learns about making friends during the first week of school. | |
Readers(Look for these books in the Reader section by author's last name.) |
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| Author | Title |
| O'Connor, Jane | Lulu Goes To Witch School |
| Lulu, nervous about starting school, likes everything but one witch who's always the best at everything. | |
| Van Leeuwen, Jean | Amanda Pig, School Girl |
| Amanda Pig's first day of school lives up to her happy expectations. | |
| Ziefert, Harriet | Harry Gets Ready For School |
| Harry arrives at school after preparing for weeks. | |
Non-Fiction(Look for these books by call number in the nonfiction section.) |
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| Call Number | Author | Title |
| 372 H838w 1994 | Howe, James | When You Go To Kindergarten.. |
| A photo-essay shows what a kindergarten class is like. | ||
| 362.4 M227 | McMahon, Patricia | Listen for the Bus |
| David begins kindergarten. | ||