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NOTE: All call numbers are for the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
J BOARDBK	Crews, Donald	School Bus Follows the progress of school buses as they take children to school and bring them home again.	1984
J BOARDBK	Gutman, Anne	Gaspard and Lisa's Ready for School Words Takes two toddler puppies through the day, from waking up in the morning to going home from nursery school in the afternoon. Each page highlights objects and a narrative thread helps parents discuss the whole process of going to nursery school or daycare.	2004
J GREEN	Greene, Stephanie	Princess Posey and the First Grade Parade Posey's fear of starting first grade is alleviated when her teacher invites the students to wear their most comfortable clothes to school on the first day.	2010
J152.4, 1993	Cain, Barbara S.	Double-Dip Feelings: Stories to Help Children Discusses how natural it is to feel contradictory emotions. Presents situations, such as the first day of school, the birth of a sibling, or a move to a new house, and identifies two emotions each event is likely to elicit.	1993
J362.71	Rogers, Fred	Going to Day Care Describes the typical activities and feelings children can experience at a day care center, including the fun, excitement, and apphehensions involved in being away from home.	1985
J371 HUGHE	Hughes, Monica	First Day at School Whether it's their first day at school or the birth of a new brother or sister, this series helps introduce them to the ways children feel about first time events and what is involved with each.	2004
J371.6	Buchheimer, Naomi	Let's Go to a School	1957
J371.7	Baker, Eugene	Safety First! School Presents instructions for safety in school and on the playground.	1980
J372 KALMA	Kalman, Bobbie	School from A to Z An alphabetical introduction to various aspects of school, such as "Class," "Homework," "Library," and "Teacher."	1999
J372.12	Radabaugh, Melinda Beth	Going to School This series looks at different children in everyday settings encountering a wide range of first time experiences. The reader is introduced not only to the various poeple involved but also to tools of their trade.	2003
J372.21	Barber, Nicola	First Day of School This book will allow new students to face the first day of school with courage and enthusiasm. Readers are encouraged to think about and get excited about all the events of a first day at school, including lunchtime.	2009
J372.21	Howe, James	When You Go to Kindergarten Texts and photographs explain what it is like to go to kindergarten.	1986
J372.21	Murkoff, Heidi	What to Expect at Preschool	2001
J372.24	Solomon, Chuck	Moving Up from Kindergarten to First Grade	1989
J372.83	Wells, Rosemary	The World Around Us This interactive picture book, featuring Timothy, Yoko, and their friends, encourages children to learn about families, communities, and cooperation. Activities designed to develop early map skills, introduce national symbols, and increase children's knowledge of holidays are included.	2001
J629.04	Baer, Edith	This Is the Way We Go to School Describes, in text and illustrations, the many different modes of transportation children all over the world use to get to school.	1990
J649.68	Lurie, Jon	Allison's Story: A Book About Homeschooling Describes the experiences of an eight-year-old girl and her family who are educating their children at home.	1996
J811.54	Lillegard, Dee	Hello School!: A Classroom of Poems This collection of 38 vivid poems brings the classroom to life and sets the scene for a first school experience.	2001
J811.54 PRELU	Prelutsky, Jack	What a Day It Was at School!: Poems Read some funny poems written by animals about school.	2006
J811.6 POTTL	Pottle, Robert	I'm Allergic to School! Funny Poems and Songs about School	2007
JE AGUIR	Aguirre, Jorge	First Day of School: A Lift-the-Flap Story Dora is excited about her first day of school and Boots will be learning Spanish, while Tico learns English.	2009
JE	Ahlberg, Janet & Allan	Starting School	1988
JE	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.	1997
JE ARMST	Armstrong-Ellis, Carey	Seymour Slug Starts School A bad case of nerves has Seymour worried about his first day of school, but he grows more confident after a visit from his well-meaning Fairy Slugmother, who reassures him that she will watch over him.	2005
JE	Arnold, Tedd	Huggly Goes to School "Huggly doesn't realize that his perfect hide-and-seek hiding spot is...a school!"	2000
JE	Aseltine, Lorraine	First Grade Can Wait Luke does not feel ready to move on from kindergarten to the first grade, and he is relieved when his parents and teacher decide he can stay in kindergarten for another year.	1988
JE	Atwater, Martha	Murphy and Myrtle: The First Day of School Murphy, a bear, and Myrtle, a frog, form a close friendship on the first day of school.	2002
JE	Begaye, Lisa Shook	Building a Bridge On the first day of kindergarten, with the help of their teacher, a Navajo girl and a white girl learn to overlook their different appearances and become friends.	1993
JE BEREN	Berenstain, Stan	The Berenstain Bears Go Back to School On the first day of the new school year, the Berenstain cubs are reminded that "though school is a challenge, it can also be fun."	2005
JE BERGE	Berger, Samantha	Junior Goes to School Poor Junior is so nervous about his first day of school that he tosses and turns in bed all night. Youngsters can spin the wheels and change the story of this little pig's first full day of school	2003
JE	Bianchi, John	Welcome Back to Pokeweed Public School As the Pokeweed students return from their summer vacation, they face the usual delights of the fall term--new clothes, new classmates, and new school supplies. But none of the kids are quite ready for Principal Slugmeyer and his brand new computer.	1996
JE BLAKE	Blake, Stephanie	I Don't Want to Go to School! Simon the rabbit does not want to go to his first day of school, but by the time his mother comes to take him home, he is having such a good time that he does not want to leave.	2009
JE	Blomberg, Dianne	Sam and Gram and the First Day of School Sam often feels frightened and lonely during his first day of school, but when it is over, he eagerly tells his grandmother all about it.	1999
JE	Bloom, Suzanne	The Bus for Us "On her first day of school, Tess wonders what the school bus will look like."	2001
JE	Boelts, Maribeth	Little Bunny's Preschool Countdown LB spends the summer dreading the first day of preschool, especially after his second-grade cousin makes him worry about what it will really be like.	1996
JE	Bourgeois, Paulette	Franklin Goes to School On the first day of school, Franklin is a little nervous, but his teacher, Mr. Owl, knows just what to do.	1995
JE	Brenner, Emily	On the First Day of Grade School In this cumulative rhyme based on "The Twelve Days of Christmas," a teacher receives an array of animals from her adoring students.	2004
JE	Bridwell, Norman	Clifford's First School Day As a small puppy, Clifford the red dog goes to school with Emily Elizabeth and gets into mischievous trouble during the finger painting, cookie baking, and snack time.	1999
JE	Brillhart, Julie	Molly Rides the School Bus Molly is worried about riding the school bus on her first day of kindergarten, but a friendly older girl helps her adjust.	2002
JE BROWN	Brown, Marc	D.W.'s Guide to Preschool D.W., Arthur's little sister, tells all about what it is like to be in preschool, including essential information about such topics as bathroom breaks, storing things in a cubbie, and sharing at play time.	2003
JE	Bruna, Dick	Miffy at School	1997
JE BRUNH	Brunhoff, Laurent de	Babar Goes to School Babar has forgotten how hard it is to be a child, so he attends grade school for a day with Pom, Flora, Isabelle, and Alexander.	2003
JE BUZZE	Buzzeo, Toni	Adventure Annie Goes to Kindergarten	2010
JE	Cannon, A.E.	I Know What You Do When I Go to School A child imagines all of the great adventures that his mother and younger brother have while he is at school.	1996
JE CARLS	Carlson, Nancy L.	First Grade, Here I Come! 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.	2006
JE	Carlson, Nancy L.	Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come! Even though Henry is looking forward to going to kindergarten, he is not sure about staying once he first gets there.	1999
JE CARLS	Carlstrom, Nancy White	It's Your First Day of School, Annie Claire Annie Claire, excited but nervous about her first day of school, is reasurred by her mother, whose love always goes with her	2009
JE CECIL	Cecil, Lauren	School Surprise Wubbzy is afraid of going to school for the first time. But when Widget creates a robot to teach him instead, it goes out of control. Wubbzy decides he'd rahter just have fun. But all his friends are at school. Will Wubbzy decide to give school a try?	2009
JE CHAST	Chast, Roz	Marco Goes to School Marco the bird is eager to start school because he wants to learn how to reach the moon, and although he does not accomplish that on his first day, he does make a new friend.	2012
JE CHILD	Child, Lauren	I Am Too Absolutely Small for School When Lola is worried about starting school, her older brother Charlie reassures her.	2004
JE	Civardi, Anne	Going to School	1985
JE COHEN	Cohen, Miriam	Will I Have a Friend? Jim's anxieties on his first day of school are happily forgotten when he makes a new friend.	2009
JE COUSI	Cousins, Lucy	Maisy Goes to Preschool "Join Maisy and her friends for a busy day at preschool! Experience many school activities: painting, music, story time, and more!"--p. [4] of cover.	2009
JE	Cousins, Lucy	Maisy Goes to School By lifting flaps and pulling tabs the reader shares a young mouse's experiences at school.	1992
JE	Crews, Donald	School Bus Follows the progress of school buses as they take children to school and bring them home again.	1984
JE CURIO		Curious George's First Day of School When Curious George attends the first day of school as a special helper, he winds up creating a big mess.	2005
JE CUSIM	Cusimano Love, Maryann	You Are My Wonders Illustrations and rhyming text combine in a celebration of the relationship between teacher and student.	2012
JE, BRAILLE JE DANNE	Danneberg, Julie	First Day Jitters 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.	2000
JE DAVIS	Davis, Katie	I'm Telling You, Dex, Kindergarten Rocks! Dexter knows everything there is to know about kindergarten and is not at all scared about his first day there, but his stuffed dog, Rufus, is very nervous.	2005
JE	dePaola, Tomie	Meet the Barkers: Morgan and Moffat Go to School Bossy Moffie and her quiet twin brother Morgie both enjoy starting school, especially getting gold stars and making new friends.	2001
JE DEWDN	Dewdney, Anna	Llama Llama Misses Mama Llama Llama experiences separation anxiety on his first day of nursery school.	2009
JE	Edvall, Lilian	The Rabbit Who Longed for Home Tells the story of a young rabbit who was afraid of going to day care until he found that he liked it.	2001
JE EDWAR	Edwards, Becky	My First Day at Nursery School On the first day of preschool, a little girl misses her mother, but on the second day she is excited to go back.	2002
JE	Edwards, Julie Andrews	Dumpy at School Charlie, who is nervous about his first day of school, and Dumpy the Dumptruck, who is nervous about his first construction job, gradually adjust to their new settings after making new friends.	2000
JE	Edwards, Michelle	Pa Lia's First Day On the first day of second grade at her new school, Pa Lia Vang discovers that things are not as bad as she had feared.	1999
JE EDWA	Edwards, Pamela Duncan	Dinosaur Starts School Dinosaur worries about the first day of school, but with the help of a reassuring classmate he finds that school can be fun.	2008
JE	Finchler, Judy	Miss Malarkey Doesn't Live in Room 10 A first-grade boy is shocked, then pleased, when he discovers that his teacher has a life away from school.	1995
JE	Flood, Bo	I'll Go to School If... Afraid of the first day of school, a boy says that he will attend only if he can go on a rocket or a lion, but his imaginative suggestions are balanced by Mom's practicality.	1997
JE FORWA	Forward, Toby	What Did You Do Today? The First Day of School A child describes the events of the first day of school, from making sandwiches for lunch to holding a parent's hand on the walk home.	2004
JE	Gantz, David	The O'Hare Family in First Day in School Miserable at the prospect of beginning school, the youngest O'Hare soon finds himself enjoying his first day very much.	1984
JE	Gathrid, Erin B.	My First Day at School The companion book to My First Plane Ride, this delightful lift-the-flap and pop-up book takes children through the wonders of the first school day. Guaranteed to amuse and educate school-age kids!	2000
JE	Goodman, Joan Elizabeth	Bernard Goes to School When a little elephant is apprehensive about his first day of school, his parents show him how much fun school can be.	2001
JE GORBA	Gorbachev, Valeri	Two Little Chicks Go to School Two little chickens are worried about their first day of school and hope they will make new friends.	2011
JE GRIND	Grindley, Sally	It's My School Tom is not happy that his younger sister, Alice, is starting kindergarten at his school.	2006
JE	Gross, Alan	The I Don't Want to Go to School Book	1982
JE HARPE	Harper, Jamie	Miss Mingo and the First Day of School 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. Includes facts about animals.	2006
JE HAYS	Hays, Anna Jane	Ready, Set, Preschool!: Stories, Poems, and Picture Games, with an Educational Guide for Parents A collection of simple stories, poems, and picture games designed to prepare children for preschool.	2005
JE HEILI	Heiligman, Deborah	Cool Dog, School Dog When Tinka the dog follows her owner to school and creates havoc, the children discover a way to let her stay in the classroom and help.	2009
JE	Henkes, Kevin	Wemberly Worried A mouse named Wemberly, who worries about everything, finds that she has a whole list of things to worry about when she faces the first day of nursery school.	2000
JE	Hest, Amy	Off to School, Baby Duck Baby Duck experiences the fear of the first day of school, but with a little help from Grampa, everything turns out okay in the end.	1999
JE	Hill, Eric	Spot Goes to School Baby Duck experiences the fear of the first day of school, but with a little help from Grampa, everything turns out okay in the end.	1981
JE HILLE	Hillenbrand, Will	Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush A traditional nursery song is expanded to tell the story of a young child's first day at school.	2003
JE HIMLE	Himle, Lisa	Hands As Warm As Toast Libby feels unprepared and frightened on her first day of kindergarten, but her teacher gives her a very special job that makes that day, and the rest of the year, much easier.	2006
JE	Johnson, Dolores	What Will Mommy Do When I'm at School? A child worries about how her mother will cope at home on her own while she is at school.	1990
JE JOHNS	Johnston, Tony	Off to Kindergarten A young boy lists all the things he will have to take with him on his first day in kindergarten.	2007
JE KROLL	Kroll, Virginia L.	On the Way to Kindergarten A mother describes the increasing accomplishments of her five-year-old, from crying and sleeping, to riding a tricycle, then preparing for school.	2006
JE LEE	Lee, Hyun Young	Something for School On the first day of school Yoon is very excited and looks forward to meeting lots of new friends. But a silly mistake makes the day go badly.	2008
JE	Léonard, 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.	2001
JE	Levitin, Sonya	When Kangaroo Goes to School Kangaroo learns the proper way to behave on the first day of school.	2001
JE	London, Jonathan	Froggy Goes to School Froggy is nervous about his first day of school, but, even though it's hard to sit still, he has a wonderful time.	1996
JE MACKA	Mackall, Dandi Daley	First Day The first day of school starts out filled with doubt, but after facing fear of the big kids, reciting the alphabet with ease, and learning about recess, a child can't help but look forward to day two.	2003
JE	Marcus, Irene Wineman	Into the Great Forest: A Story for Children Away from Parents for the First Time Reluctant to leave home for his first day of school, a young boy has a reassuring dream in which he leaves his royal parents for an adventure in the forest and returns safely to the castle.	1992
JE	Martin, Linda	When Dinosaurs Go to School Dinosaurs spend a day at school with reading, writing, arithmetic, music, fingerpaints, exercise, and pizza.	1999
JE	Masurel, Claire	Emily's First Day of School It's Emily's first day of school. Art, story time, and music are so much fun! Children will enjoy lifting the flaps and learning about numbers and colors along with Emily.	2000
JE	Maurer, Donna	Annie, Bea, and Chi Chi Dolores: A School Day Alphabet Illustrations and simple text present young children going through a day's activities at school, including counting, follow the leader, making music, painting, and snack time.	1999
JE MCALL	McAllister, Angela	Take a Kiss to School Digby's mother helps him make it through the second day of school by sending him off with a pocket full of kisses.	2006
JE	McCourt, Lisa	It's Time for School, Stinky Face As a young boy wonders about all the things that might go wrong at school, his mother reassures him.	2000
JE	McCully, Emily Arnold	School A curious little mouse decides to find out what school is all about.	1987
JE	McGeorge, Constance W.	Boomer Goes to School Boomer the golden retriever accompanies his owner to school for show-and-tell.	1996
JE	McGhee, Alison	Countdown to Kindergarten Ten days before the start of kindergarten, a preschooler can not tie her shoes by herself and fears the worst.	2002
JE	Metzger, Steve	Dinofours: It's Time for School On his first day at preschool, Albert the dinosaur misses his mother, until he makes some new friends and discovers that school is fun.	1996
JE MIDDL	Middleton, Charlotte	Enrico Starts School Enrico the cat starts school, but at first he doesn't know how to make friends.	2004
JE MITCH	Mitchard, Jacquelyn	Ready, Set, School! After Rory the raccoon conquers his fear of spending an entire night away from home, he is prepared to tackle the challenge of starting school just one week later, whether his parents are ready or not.	2010
JE MONTA	Montanari, Eva	A Very Full Morning When Little Tooth goes to her first day of school, she learns that she is not the only rabbit who is anxious.	2006
JE NEUBE	Neubecker, Robert	Wow! School! Izzy finds many things to be excited about on the first day of school.	2007
JE NORTH	Northway, Jennifer	See You Later, Mom! On his first day of preschool, William's mother stays with him.	2006
JE	Novak, Matt	Jazzbo Goes to School Jazzbo does not want to go to school until he and his mother find just the right school for him.	1999
JE OCONN	O'Connor, Jane	Jojo's First Day Jitters Tomorrow is JoJo's first day of preschool and Nancy can't wait to help her prepare - but what happens when JoJo gets a case of the first day jitters	2012
JE ONYEF	Onyefulu, Ifeoma	Deron Goes to Nursery School	2010
JE PACKA	Packard, Mary	Little Wolf Goes to School Tomorrow is Little Wolf's first day of school. He's sure to learn many new things...but will he be good at any of them? Little Wolf tosses and turns all night with worry. Will his first day at school be a disaster or a great success?--P. [4] of cover.	2011
JE PAK	Pak, Soyung	Sumi's First Day of School Ever By the time Sumi finishes her first day of school, she decides that school is not as lonely, scary, or mean as she had thought.	2003
JE PARIS	Parish, Herman	Amelia Bedelia's First Day of School A literal-minded first-grader's first day of school is filled with confusing adventures, much to her delight.	2011
JE PARR	Parr, Todd	Otto Goes to School After a breakfast of juice, cereal, and a banana split, Otto goes to school for the first time, where he makes new friends and learns how to wag his tail without knocking things over.	2005
JE	Paterson, Bettina	I Go to Preschool	1996
JE	Penn, Audrey	The Kissing Hand 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.	1993
JE	Petty, Kate	Starting School Sam goes to his first day of school, makes a new friend, and enjoys all the activities there.	1987
JE PIVEN	Piven, Hanoch	My Best Friend is as Sharp as a Pencil This picture book comprised of classroom portraits made out of such objects as pencils, a globe, and a magnifying glass encourages children to be creative and make their own object portraits.	2010
JE	Poydar, Nancy	First Day, Hooray! All over town, Ivy Green and her bus driver and her teacher and the other school employees get ready for the first day of school.	1999
JE PRELL	Preller, James	A Pirate's Guide to First Grade A young pirate and his crew embark on a grand adventure when they board the bus for the first day of first grade.	2010
JE	Rankin, Joan	First Day Little Haybillybun is not the only one who is worried about the first day of preschool.	2002
JE	Reynolds, Adrian	Pete and Polo's Big School Adventure Pete and his polar bear are both nervous on their first day of school, especially when Polo finds he is the only bear that's not brown.	1999
JE	Riddell, Edwina	My First Day at Preschool Words and pictures introduce preschool children to an exciting new experience, showing them the things they'll do and the fun they'll have as they begin their adventures at school. Paper and glue, paintbrushes, play dough, dolls and toys -- here are objects familiar to active young children, presented to assure them that although the idea of starting school might seem a bit upsetting, the experience is really going to be filled with fun! One simple sentence on each page accompanies detailed illustrations.	1992
JE ROCKW	Rockwell, Anne	First Day of School Mrs. Madoff's students compare notes about getting ready for their first day of school after vacation.	2011
JE ROCKW	Rockwell, Anne	My Preschool Follows a little boy during his day at preschool, from cheerful hellos in circle time, to painting colorful pictures and playing at the water table, to passing out paper cups for snack.	2008
JE	Rockwell, Anne	Welcome to Kindergarten A boy visits the classroom where he will attend kindergarten the following fall and finds out what is in store for him.	2001
JE	Rosenberry, Vera	Vera's First Day of School Vera cannot wait for the day when she starts school, but the first day does not go exactly as she has anticipated.	1999
JE ROUSS	Rouss, Sylvia	Sammy Spider's First Day of School Sammy Spider sneaks onto Josh's lunch box and accompanies him to school, where he learns about the important Jewish value of being kind to animals.	2009
JE RUBEL	Rubel, Nicole	Ham and Pickles: First Day of School Pickles is nervous about her first day of school, but taking advice from her big brother Ham may not be a good idea.	2006
JE	Rühmann, Karl	Who Will Go to School Today? Sam decides to send his toy monkey Timbo to kindergarten in his place, but after telling Timbo about his school friends and what his day is really like, he realizes he wants to go himself.	2002
JE	Rusackas, Francesca	I Love You All Day Long When a little pig worries about being apart from his mother when he goes off to school, she reassures him.	2003
JE	Santomero, Angela C.	Blue Goes to School Blue loves going to school! She loves painting time, reading time, and lunchtime. But sometimes Blue has to face some tough situations at school. Preschoolers get to help their favorite puppy figure out solutions to some of her problems in this interactive story.	2000
JE SARAH	Sarah, Duchess of York	Emily's First Day of School Emily is nervous before her first day of school, but she has such a good time that she cannot wait until the second day. Includes note to parents.	2010
JE	Schwartz, Amy	Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner Although some of the things her older sister taught her at home seem a little unusual at school, other lessons help make Annabelle's first day in kindergarten a success.	1988
JE	Senisi, Ellen B.	Hurray for Pre-K! A child describes a day in pre-K, playing, snacking, resting, singing, and painting.	2000
JE	Simon, Francesca	Spider School Because Kate got out on the wrong side of the bed, her first day at a new school proves to be a real nightmare with a gorilla for a teacher and spiders for lunch.	1996
JE	Skarmeas, Nancy	My First Day of School Daniel liked preschool just fine, but he is not so sure he wants to go to kindergarten.	2001
JE	Slegers, Liesbet	Kevin Goes to School Introducing Kevin. Four sturdy books and four active adventures explain, comfort and make less scary four important moments in a toddler's life. Bold graphics, friendly faces and a toddler's-eye view make Kevin a must for little ones just beginning to explore and understand their world.	2002
JE STEIN	Steinberg, D. J.	Kindergarten, Here I Come! Follows a child through kindergarten, from checking off a list of supplies for the first day through saying goodbye to the teacher on the last one.	2012
JE STEWA	Stewart, Amber	Puddle's New School Puddle is a little duckling. He longs to go to school. But when his first day approaches he is suddenly not so sure. After all, starting school seems like a very big step. In this charming story, Puddle's worries turn to smiles as his Mom packs enough lov	2011
JE STILE	Stiles, Norman	On My Very First School Day I Met... A child meets the strangest and silliest characters on the very first day of school.	2005
JE	Strete, Craig Kee	The Rattlesnake Who Went to School On his first day of school, Crowboy pretends he is a rattlesnake, but then he meets a girl in his class who wants to be a rattlesnake too.	2004
JE	Stuve-Bodeen, Stephanie	Elizabeti's School Although she enjoys her first day at school, Elizabeti misses her family and wonders if it wouldn't be better to stay home.	2002
JE TANNE	Tanner, Suzy-Jane	Tinyflock Nursery School	2004
JE	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.	2001
JE THOMP	Thompson, Lauren	Mouse's First Day of School When he goes to school, Mouse finds a world of new objects and new friends.	2003
JE	Tompert, Ann	Will You Come Back for Me? Four-year-old Suki is worried about being left in day care for the first time until her mother reassures her that she loves her and will always return for her.	1988
JE UTTLE	Uttley, Tracy	Molly McSholly Conquers Kindergarten Molly decides to bring her make-believe Knight Sir Lance and wear her armor to kindergarten to protect herself. As she conquers her fears and discovers excitement and belonging in her environment, she sheds her armor.	2004
JE	Veldkamp, Tjibbe	The School Trip Reluctant to show up for the first day of school, Davy builds his own school on wheels and creates excitement for the other students.	2000
JE VULLI	Vulliamy, Clara	The Bear with Sticky Paws Goes to School Lily doesn't want to go to school. But a small white bear takes Lily to Bear School where they play instruments as loudly as they want, they don't have to share, and they make a big mess. But Lily finds that Bear School is not for her.	2008
JE	Wells, Rosemary	Edward Unready for School Edward, a shy, young bear unready for play school, feels out of place surrounded by students who are ready, busy, and happy.	1995
JE	Wing, Natasha	The Night Before Kindergarten Twas the night before kindergarten, and as they prepared, kids were excited, and a little bit scared. It's the first day of school! Join the kids as they prepare for kindergarten, packing school supplies, posing for pictures, and the hardest part of all-saying goodbye to Mom and Dad.	2001
JE WINGE	Winget, Susan	Tucker's Four-Carrot School Day The start of Tucker the rabbit's first day of kindergarten is rocky, but making new friends helps change his attitude toward school.	2005
JE WRIGHT	Wright, Michael	Jake Starts School No one can pry a frightened Jake away from his parents on the first day of school, and so the three must watch as his classmates have fun until, at the end of the day, his teacher finally gets him to let go.	2008
JE YAMAS	Yamashita, Haruo	Seven Little Mice Go to School This is the story of seven little mice and how their mother manages to get her children to the first day of school.	2011
JE	Yee, Patrick	Rosie Rabbit Goes to Preschool You can help Rosie Rabbit open her schoolbag, count to five, and jump rope! And you can play a fun search game in every scene, too.	1997
JE YUM	Yum, Hyewon	Mom, It's My First Day of Kindergarten! A five-year-old boy, ready and eager on his first day at "the big kids' school," must calm his very worried mother.	2012
JE ZIEFE	Ziefert, Harriet	Buzzy Had a Little Lamb Buzzy takes Lamb with him everywhere: to the doctor's, the dentist's and even the barber shop. But when Buzzy starts school, Lamb can't go with him. What will Buzzy do?	2005
JE	Zoehfeld, Kathleen W.	Pooh's First Day of School	1997
JE	Zoehfeld, Kathleen W.	Time for School, Pooh	2001
JER	Brandenberg, Franz	Six New Students The six Fieldmouse children find their new school more enjoyable than they anticipated.	1978
JER	Brown, Richard	I Went to School This Morning	1996
JER	Johnston, Tony	Sparky and Eddie: The First Day of School Even though they are not in the same class, two young friends are glad that they decided to give school a try.	1997
JER JONES	Jones, Christianne C.	Joey's First Day Joey is nervous about his first day of school, but by the second day he is just excited.	2006
JER MCCOU	McCourt, Lisa	Ready for Kindergarten, Stinky Face? A mother reassures her son when he imagines increasingly silly things that might go wrong on his first day of kindergarten.	2010
JER MCNAM	McNamara, Margaret	The First Day of School After a summer of playing with his puppy, Michael is sad to learn that she cannot stay with him on the first day of school	2005
JER ORYAN	O'Ryan, Ellie	Sweet School Day "How will Angel Cat Sugar and her friends get to know their new school?"	2010
JER VANLE	Van Leeuwen, Jean	Amanda Pig, First Grader Amanda is very excited about starting first grade, and although everything is not exactly as she expected, she soon begins learning to read and finding her way.	2007
JER	Van Leeuwen, Jean	Amanda Pig, Schoolgirl Amanda Pig's first day of school is every bit as wonderful as she always hoped it would be.	1997
JER	Wells, Rosemary	Mama, Don't Go! Yoko loves kindergarten, but she doesn't want her mother to leave--until her new friend helps her realize that "mothers always come back."	2001
JER WILHE	Wilhelm, Hans	I Love School On his first visit to school, Noodles the dog feels scared until he meets a nice teacher and makes new friends.	2009
CR JE	Mills, David	Samov prvi dan u škdi=Sam's First Day Bilingual English/Croatian.	2000
S J372	Sánchez, Isidro	Salimos de la escuela	1991
S J419 PETEL	Petelinsek, Kathleen	At School / En la escuela	2006
S JE	Brandt, Amy	Benjamin Comes Back=Benjamín regresa Benjamin misses his mother after she drops him at day care, but thinking about coming back tomorrow reassures him that she will come back as well.	2000
S JE	Carlson, Nancy L.	Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come!=¡Prepárate, kindergarten! ¡Allá voy! Even though Henry is looking forward to going to kindergarten, he is not sure about staying once he first gets there.	1999
S JE	Le Masne, Christophe	Tom va a la escuela Tom is not looking forward to his first day at school.	1996
VI J495.928	Hill, Eric	Ki Con Ði Hoc Spot the dog has an eventful first day at school. Illustrations feature lift-up flaps. Bilingual English/Vietnamese	1984

NON-PRINT

NOTE: All call numbers are for the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana

CALL #	TITLE	DATE
DVD J372.18 GOING	Going to School Mister Rogers goes to school: Mister Rogers introduces a school bus driver, who shows him around the bus and takes him for a ride. On their first day of school, Anna, Prince Tuesday, and Daniel find out how good it can feel to learn something new.	2005
DVD J649.1 COMMO, V.6	Helping Kids Succeed in School: Preparing Your Child for School Success "Discover how to teach your children social and study skills that will help them to improve their school behavior and academic performance"--Case insert.	2008
DVD J649.68 PREPA (Parent Teacher Collection)	Preparing for Kindergarten: A Parent's Guide Covers the following areas : Health and development, Social and emotional issues, Speech and language, Emerging literacy, Concept development and Transitioning to kindergarten.	2004
DVD JE BARNE	Barney: Let's Play School With a little help from Barney and a big imagination, the children enjoy a fun-filled day at "Baby Bop's School" where every lesson includes unexpected surprises.	2001
DVD JE BLUES	Blue Takes You to School In 'Blue takes you to school': Periwinkle is excited for his first day of school, but he is also a little nervous too.	2003
DVD JE CLIFF	Clifford's Schoolhouse Come join Clifford for lots of school-time fun. He learns that when life gets tricky, he just needs to try his best.	2001
DVD JE CURIO	Curious George: Back to School School days are here again and Curious George can't wait to go! There's so much to learn and do at school, and friends to meet, too. Come along with George in eight fun-filled episodes of his PBS Kids TV series as he discovers that you can learn new things at school, at home, and everywhere.	2010
DVD JE DORA	Dora the Explorer Musical School Days Features the never-before-seen episode La Meastra de Musica. Help Boots' teacher get to school on time to greet her students with a song, learn Spanish words, cheer up the Grumpy Old Troll, and help Dora and Boots deliver the mail.	2007
DVD JE SESAM	Sesame Street: Ready for School! Elmo is nervous about his first day of school, as Gabby and Miles are about to graduate from high school, and everyone tells Elmo about their memories of school. Will he be excited to go?	2007

WEB SITES

Get Set 4 Kindergarten
A guide to school readiness which includes four sections that change monthly: kindergarten skills readiness, getting ready to read, health and wellness, and an information printout. Each section includes book and website recommendations.
http://www.getset4k.org

Getting Ready
School readiness indicators initiative website.
http://www.gettingready.org

Essential Skills for Children Entering Kindergarten
Published by the Early Childhood Center, IIDC, at Indiana University.
http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/styles/iidc/defiles/ECC/EssentialSkills.pdf

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