Books About Starting School

Author	Title	Description	Call#
Binzen, Bill	First Day in School	Opening day in Kindergarten brings curiosity, tears, fun, and adjustment.	E BIN
Park, Barbara	Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus	In her own words, a young girl describes her feelings about starting kindergarten and what she does when she decides not to ride the bus home.	J PAR
Hains, Harriet	My New School	Lucy, Max, Paul, and Kim have new experiences at school.	E HAI
Barkin, Carol	I’d Rather Stay Home	Explores the fears and anxieties connected with leaving home and starting school.	E 158 BAR
Stanek, Muriel	Starting School	The young narrator describes classroom activities during the first day of school.	E STA
Moss, Marissa	Amelia’s Notebook	The hand-lettered contents of a nine-year-old girl’s notebook, in which she records her thoughts and feelings about moving and starting a new school.	J MOS
Hurwitz, Johanna	Starting School	Although placed in separate classes, twins Marius and Marcus prove to be double trouble for their kindergarten teachers.	J HUR
Graves, Bonnie B.	No Copycats Allowed!	Starting at a new school, Gabrielle tries to make new friends while struggling with the spelling of her long name.	E GRA
Carlson, Nancy L.	It’s Going to be Perfect	A mother and her young daughter reflect on the daughter’s growing up, including her infancy, and starting school, noting how nothing has been what the mother expected.	E CAR
Anholt, Laurence	Billy and the Big New School	Billy is nervous about starting school, but as he cares for a sparrow that eventually learns to fly on its own, he realizes that he too can look after himself.	E ANH
Wells, Rosemary	Emily’s First 100 Days of School	Starting with number one for the first day of school, Emily learns the numbers to one hundred in many different ways.	E WEL
DeCesare, Angelo	Anthony, the Perfect Monster	Anthony has always been perfect, but starting school makes him feel like a perfect monster instead.	ER DEC
De Paola, Tomie	Meet the Barkers: Morgan and Moffat go to School	Bossy Moffie and her quiet brother Morgie both enjoy starting school, especially getting gold stars and making new friends.	E DEP
Taulbert, Clifton L.	Little Cliff’s First Day of School	Little Cliff is terrified of starting school, but with Mama Pearl’s encouragement, he is able to overcome his fears.	E TAU
Leonard, Marie	Tibili, the Little Boy Who Didn’t Want to go to School	After Tibili, a young African boy, follows Crope the spider’s suggestion as to how he can avoid starting school, he discovers he wants to go after all.	E LEO
Danziger, Paula	Get Ready for Second Grade, Amber Brown	Amber is nervous about starting second grade with a new teacher, but despite being in the same class as mean Hannah Burton, things turn out just fine.	J DAN
Herman, Gail	I’ve Got the Back to School Blues	When she learns that she will not be in the same class as her friends, Annie worries about starting second grade with a new teacher.	ER HER
Zemach-Bersin, Kaethe	The Funny Dream	A child has a dream in which she grows big, her parents become small, and she must get them ready for school.	E ZEM
Alexander, Liza	I Want to go to School, Too	Herry’s little brother is jealous of Herry going to school and all the fun activities there. He wants to go when he turns five.	E ALE