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Pack Up and Refresh Your Library With Books About School for Preschoolers
These popular books about school—including read-aloud favorites and beloved classics—will enrich your classroom library and engage your students.
As you pack up and refresh your library this year, make sure it's stocked with books that spark the love of learning in your young students. Books about school are a great way to introduce an exciting time of exploration and social development to new preschool students—and they can also help your graduating students feel more confident about their transition to kindergarten.
Hilarious read-alouds like David Goes to School and reassuring childhood favorites like The Kissing Hand can help ease the anxieties of new students and amp up their enthusiasm for the school year. These titles will also get them excited to continue learning!
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It's the night before preschool, and a little boy named Billy is so nervous he can't fall asleep. The friends he makes the next day at school give him a reason not to sleep the next night either. He's so excited about going back! The book's simple rhyming text and sweet illustrations will soothe childhood fears about the first day of school.
Llama Llama just can't get out of bed. It's his first day of school, and he's not too happy about it. Still, he trudges along and makes his bed, brushes his teeth, and eats his breakfast.
Emily Elizabeth is starting kindergarten and she's a little nervous. Good thing that the teacher sent a note home that says each child can bring something from home. But the teacher didn't bet on a child bringing something—or someone—as big as Clifford!
School is starting in the forest, but Chester Raccoon does not want to go. To help ease Chester's fears, Mrs. Raccoon shares a family secret called "the Kissing Hand" to give him the reassurance of her love any time his world feels a little scary.
This upbeat tale features easy-to-follow rhyming text, expressive illustrations, and familiar classroom scenes that will help get little ones excited for their first day of school.
It's Pete the Cat's first day of school! He's wearing his totally awesome school shoes, which take him all over the school. From the library to the playground, Pete encounters one new place after another. But he knows he has nothing to worry about, because he's ready for anything in his special red shoes!
Wemberly worried about one thing most of all: her first day of school. But when she meets a fellow worrywart in her class, Wemberly realizes that school is too much fun to waste time worrying!
This rhyming, brightly illustrated book is the perfect way to practice the alphabet and to introduce young children to kindergarten. The use of extinct animals for the more obscure letters only add to the fun.
The lyrical text, catchy rhymes, and bright pictures make this a perfect choice for preschoolers who are soon to be school bus riders!
She's bold enough to make a new friend and touch a worm but Ming's not ready for the big slide, not yet.
David's teacher has her hands full. From running in the halls to chewing gum in class, David's high-energy antics fill each school day with trouble, and are sure to bring a smile to even the best-behaved reader.
Hop aboard this cheery bus for a reading, rhyming, getting-to-school-on-time adventure!
The little yellow puppy's adventure perfectly captures the excitement of a young child's first day at school!
