For Children

Great Books for School Days

Here's a heap of super school stories for all ages. 

Picture Books 

Alessandri, Alexandra.   Isabel and Her Colores Go To School
Barnes, Derrick. The King of Kindergarten (series)
Bliss, Harry. Bailey
Borden, Louise. Off to First Grade
Bottner, Barbara.   Miss Brooks Loves Books… and I Don't! 
Bridwell, Norman. Clifford’s First School Day 
Brockington, Drew   Puppy Bus
Brown, Peter. My Teacher Is a Monster! (No, I Am Not)
Calabrese, Keith. Lena's Shoes Are Nervous
Calmenson, Stephanie.   Kindergarten Kids
Child, Lauren.  I Am Too Absolutely Small for School (series)
Danziger, Paula.   Get Ready for Second Grade, Amber Brown (Juv-YR D)
Degen, Bruce.   I Gotta Draw 
Dubuc, Marianne.  1, 2, 3, Off to School 
Dyer, Jane.   Little Brown Bear Won’t Go to School
Finison, Carrie.   Hurry Little Tortoise Time for School!
Fleming, Meg.   Sounds Like School Spirit 
Hale, Christy.   Out the Door
Hays, Anna Jane.   Ready, Set, Preschool!
Henkes, Kevin.   Wemberly Worried
Higgins, Ryan T.   We Don't Eat Our Classmates (series)
Hills, Tad.   Rocket’s 100th Day of School (Juv-YR)
Hughes, Shirley.   Bobbo Goes to School
Katz, Karen.   Rosie Goes to Preschool
Kim, Anna.   Danbi Leads the School Parade
Kleven, Elisa.  The Apple Doll
Lies, Brian.   Little Bat in Night School
McMullan, Kate & Jim.   I'm Smart (series)
McNamara, Margaret.   The First Day of School (Juv-YR M)
McQuinn, Anna.   Lola Goes to School
Miller, Pat Zietlow.   Sophie's Squash Go to School
Muhammad, Ibtihaj.   The Proudest Blue
Numeroff, Laura.   If You Take a Mouse to School (series)
Parker, Aura.   Twig 
Parr, Todd.   The School Book
Penn, Audrey.  The Kissing Hand 
Phung, Nguyen Quang.   My First Day
Prelutsky, Jack.   What a Day It Was at School! (Juv 821 P)
Quackenbush, Robert.   First Grade Jitters
Recorvits, Helen.   My Name is Yoon
Rockwell, Anne.   Welcome to Kindergarten
Rose, Deborah Lee.   The Twelve Days of Kindergarten
Rusackas, Francesca.   I Love You All Day Long
Salas, Laura Purdie.   Clover Kitty Goes to Kittygarten 
Scanlon, Liz & Vernick, Audrey.   Dear Substitute
Schmid, Paul.   Oliver and His Alligator
Schweninger, Ann.   Off to School!
Silvestro, Anna.   Butterflies on the First Day of School
Slate, Joseph.   Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten
Sturges, Philemon.  I Love School!
Sullivan, Deirdre.   Ming Goes to School
Thompson, Lauren.   Mouse’s First Day of School
Van Leeuwen, Jean.   Oliver Pig at School (Juv-YR V)
Walker, Tricia Elam.   Nana Akua Goes to School
Wells, Rosemary.   Emily’s First 100 Days of School
Willems, Mo.   The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! (series)
Wohnoutka, Mike.   Dad’s First Day 
Zoehfeld, Kathleen Weidner.   Pooh’s First Day of School 
Zollars, Jaime.   The Truth about Dragons

Chapter Books 

Anderson, John David.   Ms. Bixby's Last Day 
Berry, Julie.   Wishes and Wellingtons
Birney, Betty.   The World According to Humphrey
Cleary, Beverly.   Ramona the Brave (series)
Clements, Andrew.   Frindle
Danzinger, Paula.   Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon (series)
Dassori, Melissa.  J.R. Silver Writes Her World
Greenberg, Dan.   Why I Was Late for School Again 
Henkes, Kevin.   The Year of Billy Miller
Hunt, Lynda Mullaly.   Fish in a Tree
Hurwitz, Johanna.   Ever-Clever Elisa (series)
Jenkins, Emily.   Harry Vs. The First 100 Days of School
Kline, Suzy.  Horrible Harry Moves up to Third Grade
Klise, Kate.   Regarding the Fountain (series)
Lagercrantz, Rose.   My Happy Life (series) 
Lowry, Lois.   Gooney Bird Greene (series)
McDonald, Megan.   Judy Moody (series)
Murphy, Jill.   The Worst Witch (series)
Palacio, R.J.   Wonder (series)
Park, Barbara.  Junie B., First Grader (At Last!) (series)
Pennypacker, Sara.   Waylon!
Primavera, Elise.   Ms. Rapscott's Girls (series)
Roman, Dave.  Astronaut Academy (Juv. 741.5 R)
Rundell, Katherine.   Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms
Sachar, Louis.   Sideways Stories from Wayside School (series)
Spinelli, Jerry.   Third Grade Angels
Vail, Rachel.   A is for Elizabeth
Weber, Susan Bartlett.   Seal Island School
Woodson, Jacqueline.   Harbor Me