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Help kids start the new school year with confidence, curiosity, and a love of learning. Check out our list of 5 Books to Help Kids Start the School Year Strong.
Help kids start the new school year with confidence, curiosity, and a love of learning. Check out our list of 5 Books to Help Kids Start the School Year Strong.
A New York Times bestselling author (The True Meaning of Smekday) and illustrator (Last Stop on Market Street) team bring you a fresh look at the first day of school, this time from the school's perspective.
It's the first day of school at Frederick Douglass Elementary and everyone's just a little bit nervous, especially the school itself. What will the children do once they come? Will they like the school? Will they be nice to him?
The school has a rough start, but as the day goes on, he soon recovers when he sees that he's not the only one going through first-day jitters.
Mo Willems, #1 New York Times best-selling creator and three-time Caldecott Honoree, presents everyone’s favorite Pigeon trying to escape . . . SCHOOL.
Why does the Pigeon have to go to school? He already knows everything! And what if he doesn’t like it? What if the teacher doesn’t like him? What if he learns TOO MUCH!?
Kids will love read-aloud time with their wily friend the Pigeon. This book is perfect for preparing kids and caretakers for the first day of school.
Brother and Sister Bear get ready for school in this exciting lift-the-flap storybook. Young readers will love helping the Bears find their backpacks, books, and pencils, all in time to catch the bus.
Share in the hustle and bustle of getting ready to go to school with the classic New York Times bestselling Berenstain Bears family!
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Join Llama Llama as he attends his first day of preschool in this charmingly illustrated board book, perfect for introducing little ones to a big milestone.
Strange new teacher.
Strange new toys.
Lots of kids and lots of noise!
What would Llama like to do?
Llama Llama feels so new . . .
It’s Llama Llama’s first day of preschool, and Mama Llama helps to make sure he is ready. Together they meet the teachers, see other children, and look at all the books and games. But then it’s time for Mama Llama to leave for work, and suddenly, Llama Llama isn’t as excited for the rest of his school day. Will Mama Llama come back?
Of course she will! But in the meantime, Llama Llama’s new classmates show him just how much fun school can be!
Complete with sturdy pages, short, simple rhyming text, and charming illustrations, this delightful board book introduces young readers to the school day with confidence, kindness, and excitement.
Beautiful, illustrated rhyming book that tells children your greatest aspiration—that they will love and follow Jesus.
Kids love to dream about what they might do when they grow up: jobs they might have, places they might go, people they might meet.
As children embark on life’s journey with all their potential and aspirations, use this beautifully illustrated, rhyming storybook to tell them your biggest dream - that whatever they do and wherever they go, they will love and follow Jesus.
This hardback book makes a wonderful gift for a wide range of children—from 3-year-olds to 7-year-olds—for birthdays, baptisms/christenings or Christmas.