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List: School Stories Picture Books


A photo of Monsters Love School

Monsters Love School

Nervous monsters attending school for the first time learn new things, make friends, and sample Chef Octi's special School Gruel.

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A photo of Miss Brooks Loves Books! (and I don't)

Miss Brooks Loves Books! (and I don't)

A first-grade girl who does not like to read stubbornly resists her school librarian's efforts to convince her to love books until she finds one that might change her mind.

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A photo of Late For School!

Late For School!

Also available in Hoopla. When Mr. Bungles the teacher oversleeps, he goes to great lengths, trying every form of transportation he can find to get to school on time.

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A photo of Don't Be Silly, Mrs. Millie!

Don't Be Silly, Mrs. Millie!

A teacher makes her students laugh when she mixes up words, saying "goats" instead of "coats" and "poodles" when she means "puddles."

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A photo of A Fine, Fine School

A Fine, Fine School

When a principal loves his school so much that he wants the children to attend classes every day of the year, it's up to his students to show him free time is a good thing, too.

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A photo of First Day Jitters

First Day Jitters

Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. Sarah is afraid to start at a new school, but both she and the reader are in for a surprise when she gets to her class.

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A photo of The Day My Mom Came To Kindergarten

The Day My Mom Came To Kindergarten

Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. Inviting her mother to visit her new class, a little kindergartener discovers that there are some things that kids are better at than parents.

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A photo of Miss Malarkey Leaves No Reader Behind

Miss Malarkey Leaves No Reader Behind

Also available in Overdrive. Miss Malarkey vows to find each of her students a book to love by the end of the school year, but one video-game loving boy proves to be a challenge.

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A photo of Substitute Creacher

Substitute Creacher

Mr. Creacher, a multi-tentacled substitute teacher, warns his prankish students not to misbehave, recounting rhyming cautionary tales of the weird, spooky, and unexpected.

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A photo of Rocking in My School Shoes

Rocking in My School Shoes

Also available in Hoopla. Pete the cat wears his school shoes when visiting the library, the lunchroom, the playground, and more while singing his special song.

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A photo of Wow! School!

Wow! School!

Izzy finds many things to be excited about on the first day of school.

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A photo of All are Welcome

All are Welcome

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text introduce a school where diversity is celebrated and songs, stories, and talents are shared.

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A photo of School's First Day of School

School's First Day of School

"It's the first day of school at Frederick Douglass Elementary and everyone's just a little bit nervous, especially the school itself"--

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A photo of The Twelve Days of Kindergarten

The Twelve Days of Kindergarten

Also available in Hoopla. A cumulative counting verse in which a child enumerates items in the kindergarten classroom, from the whole alphabet, A to Z, to twelve eggs for hatching.

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A photo of Splat and the Cool School Trip

Splat and the Cool School Trip

Also available in Hoopla. "When Splat the Cat and his class take a school trip to the zoo, all Splat wants is to see the penguins"--

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A photo of We [Love] Our School!

We [Love] Our School!

Rhyming text with rebuses follows a group of animals through their first day of school.

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A photo of Ming Goes to School

Ming Goes to School

Also available in Hoopla. Ming goes to preschool, where she bravely plays all kinds of games with new friends and old, but she is still not quite ready for the big red slide.

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A photo of Emily's First 100 Days of School

Emily's First 100 Days of School

Starting with number one for the first day of school, Emily learns the numbers to one hundred in many different ways.

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