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Back to School Reading List

Nervous to start the school year? Check out this collection to get ready for the first day of school!

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  • "The crayons are getting ready to go back to school, and each crayon has a subject they're looking forward to the most. They're also ready to meet new friends ... and let loose during their very favorite time of day: art class"
    Picture Book, 2023New York : Philomel, [2023] — PIC J DAYWALT, D
  • Louise the Big Cheese is determined to make the grade in school this year and that means straight A's. But she's stuck with the toughest teacher ever. Will Louise make the grade?
    Picture Book, 2011New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2011] — PIC J PRIMAVERA, E
  • Tiny the dog returns to obedience school and teaches the other dogs how to receive treats.
    Book, 2014New York : Penguin Young Readers, [2014] — EAS J MEISTER, C
  • Splat the Cat

    Back to School, Splat!

    Scotton, Rob
    "How can there be homework when it's only the first day of school? Splat must pick only one of all of his fun summer adventures to share with his classmates at show-and-tell. But in the end, Splat may find that the best part of his summer wasn't an…
    Picture Book, 2011New York, NY : HarperFestival, [2011] — PIC J SCOTTON, R
  • Wilson and Miss Lovely

    a Back-to-school Mystery

    Stadler, John
    Wilson had just finished his first week of school and could not wait for the next one to begin. He was very fond of his new teacher, Miss Lovely. But something was wrong that day--very wrong. There were no school buses, the school itself was empty,…
    Picture Book, 2009New York, NY : Robin Corey Books, [2009] — PIC J STADLER, J
  • Black Lagoon Adventures

    Back-to-school Fright From the Black Lagoon

    For Hubie, preparing for school is worse than actually going to class -- his mother picks out all the wrong clothes, he endures anxiety-provoking visits to the doctor and dentist, and there are rumors about a new teacher who is worse than any other.
    Book, 2008New York : Scholastic, [2008] — jBC BLACK 13
  • As summer comes to an end, Mr. Peanuts helps his friend, Rosie, prepare her classroom and the school for the students' return.
    Picture Book, 2018New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2018. — PIC J ROSE, N
  • It's Back to School We Go!

    First Day Stories From Around the World

    Jackson, Ellen, 1943-
    In easy-to-read text, describes what the first day of school might be like for a child in Kenya, Kazakhstan, Canada, Australia, Japan, China, Peru, Germany, India, Russia, and the United States.
    Book, 2003Brookfield, Conn. : Millbrook Press, [2003] — j371.002 JAC
  • 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.
    Book, 2002New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 2002. — EAS J HER
  • While hurrying to get on the school bus, Arthur and his friend unknowingly switch their lunchboxes; later Arthur finds out what surprise his sister had put into hers.
    Book, 1996[New York] : HarperCollins, [1996] — EAS J HOBAN, L