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- Picture Books About the First Day. The King of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton. Don’t miss this delightful book of positive presuppositions about the first day of school because today you’re going to be the King of Kindergarten!
- Back to School Books About Friendships. We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins. This picture book is so funny while being profound at the same time.
- Books About Big Feelings & Separation Anxiety. Lena’s Shoes Are Nervous (A First-Day-of-School Dilemma) by Keith Calabrese, illustrated by Juana Medina. Lena’s feeling BOTH nervous AND outgoing.
- Back to School Picture Books About School (in General) It’s Time for Preschool! by Esme Roji Codell, illustrated by Sue Rama. Read about all the things that happen at preschool including Time for Preschool, Circle Time, Sharing Time, Manners, Fire Drill, Thinking-about-Home Time, Time for Friends, Nap Time, Field Trip Time, Time to Make Stuff, Clean-up Time, Time to Go Home.
Jul 31, 2024 · It’s an easy first day of school read aloud and opens the door for talking about what the leaf sweeping might mean and how to manage our “leaf-sweeping” or overwhelming feelings. The Tree In Me by Corinna Luyken. We are all interconnected and grow like trees, and this gorgeously illustrated book will help children see that.
Aug 11, 2021 · A Letter from Your Teacher On the First Day of School is a bestselling back to school read aloud book for kids, and KidTime StoryTime is reading it to get ki...
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Books about the first day of school are so important to include to help your students feel comfortable in the classroom. I’ve collected funny books, as well as heartfelt books for my 9 great back-to-school read-aloud suggestions! Check them out! All the books below come with an affiliate link to Amazon.
How to Get Your Teacher Ready by Jean Reagan Synopsis: This is a back-to-school book in a series of “How to” books about families. I love the other books, so I knew I’d enjoy this one. This story walks the students through the entire year of getting their teacher ready for specific scenarios they’ll go through in a school year. Such as the first da...
The Thing Lou Couldn’t Do by Ashley Spires Synopsis: When Lou and all her friends have imaginary playtime outdoors, Lou finally gets to an activity that she is too scared to do. As a result, her friends go on to play without her, while she makes up excuses why she can’t play with them. After talking herself into it and getting the bravery to climb ...
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson Synopsis: This new story will be an instant favorite for many teachers. To begin with, the illustrations are absolutely gorgeous! But the story itself is an amazing message for students. It goes through certain scenarios where students may feel ostracized and different from their classmates. It covers differe...
The Pigeon HAS to Go to School by Mo Willems Synopsis: This adorable story is all about Pigeon demanding that he does not want or need to go to school. Then, he tries to explain to the reader that he needs to go to a place to practice reading, painting, eating lunch, and playing on playgrounds, which he soon finds out is at school. The most fantast...
A Tiger Tail (Or What Happened to Anya on Her First Day of School) by Mike Boldt Synopsis: Anya wakes up before the first day of school only to find that she has grown a tiger tail. Consequently, she spends the next day trying to figure out how to remove this tail because there is no chance she can go to school with a tiger tail. When she gets to s...
My Mouth is a Volcano by Julia Cook Synopsis: This is an adorable book that helps teach students about interrupting and correct procedures at the beginning of the year. The story is about Louis and his volcano mouth that is constantly “erupting.” Once Louis gets interrupted during his special storytime, he realizes what it feels like to be interrup...
First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg Synopsis: This is an adorable story that has quite an unexpected twist at the end. It takes the main character through all the fears and hesitations about the first day of school. And when we get to the end of the story, we find that the main character isn’t who we were expecting at all. This funny story will he...
All Are Welcome Here by Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman Synopsis: What an amazing read-aloud!! Read it aloud every day if you want. The message will never get old. With rhyming words and repetitive lines, students can join in reading this book all about diversity. It represents people of all races, cultures, religions, and sexual orientations...
Do Unto Otters by Laurie Keller Synopsis: What a sweet way to teach about manners in the first few days of school! This is an adorable repeat book to revisit throughout the year, too. The illustrations are one way that the students will be drawn into this story. It almost has a graphic novel feel to it. The story goes through what “otters” would wa...
Check out the read alouds used in these back to school book activities: A Bad Case of Stripes – David Shannon. My Mouth is a Volcano – Julia Cook. The Bad Seed – Jory John. The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors – Drew Daywalt. After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up – Dan Santat.
Top 15 Read Aloud Picture Books for the First Week of School. 1. Our Class is a Family by Shannon Olsen. 2. Milk Goes to School by Terry Border. 3. Germs vs Soap by Didi Dragon. 4. First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg.
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Aug 14, 2023 · 15. The Name Jar. Unhei is a Korean girl who is a new student at a school in the United States. As she navigates through the challenges of adapting to a new school and a new culture, she contemplates choosing an American name. As she goes through her journey of choosing a new name, her friends help her out.
