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Annotation:Before he leaves on his first day of school, Chepito plays outside and encounters many different people in his neighborhood who are all reading, and each person has a different response when Chepito asks them "Why?"
Annotation:Provides everyday examples of what it means to be a friend.
Annotation:Sunday Chutney's family moves often to different countries, so she has found imaginative ways to cope with being the new girl at school.
Annotation:Although she enjoys her first day at school, Elizabeti misses her family and wonders if it wouldn't be better to stay home.
Annotation:Dinosaur characters illustrate the value of friends, how to make friends, and how to be and not to be a good friend.
Annotation:Children who belong to healthy peer groups are generally happier and function at a higher level. Can We Be Friends? helps young students learn the steps it takes to meet, make, and keep a friend.
Annotation:As the school year begins on Mars, Horus the Martian gets off to a rocky start, but soon discovers that first grade is not really as bad as he thought.
Annotation:Bossy Moffie and her quiet twin brother Morgie both enjoy starting school, especially getting gold stars and making new friends.
Annotation:Afraid of being left alone, Rotten Ralph, the nasty red cat, follows Sarah to school and tries to prevent her from making new friends.
Annotation:A little boy decides to skip his very first day of school, because on the first day one doesn't know anything, but on the second, one knows everything.
Annotation:A young boy lists all the things he will have to take with him on his first day in kindergarten.
Annotation:An A-Z pictorial for children ages 4-10 explaining school. Letter topics include, the alphabet, kindergarten, books, librarian, and principal. Each is introduced with a poem accompanied by expository text to provide detailed information.
Annotation:An elementary guide to the rules of friendship.
Annotation:Froggy is nervous about his first day of school, but, even though it's hard to sit still, he has a wonderful time.
Annotation:The first day of school starts out filled with doubt, but after facing fear of the big kids, reciting the alphabet with ease, and learning about recess, a child can't help but look forward to day two.
Annotation:A mother reassures her son when he imagines increasingly silly things that might go wrong on his first day of kindergarten.
Annotation:Children gather for a first day of school celebration that calms their worries about the day. Includes note about the history of such celebrations, and a related website.
Annotation:A young pirate and his crew embark on a grand adventure when they board the bus for the first day of first grade.
Annotation:Disliking her name as written in English, Korean-born Yoon, or "shining wisdom," refers to herself as "cat," "bird," and "cupcake," as a way to feel more comfortable in her new school and new country.
Annotation:The students in Mrs. Madoff's class keep track of the days they have been in school, marking each interval of ten, until they reach 100 days.
Annotation:Explains what it means to be friends and some of the easy and difficult aspects of friendship.
Annotation:Everything seems to go wrong for Vera on her first day at a new school, until a classmate shares one of her mishaps.
Annotation:Cocoa the horse does not want Cowgirl Kate to go to school without him.
Annotation:Introduces the letters of the alphabet as Miss Bindergarten and her students get ready for kindergarten.
Annotation:When he goes to school, Mouse finds a world of new objects and new friends.
Annotation:Discover and Explore teaches young readers about plants, the five senses, and seasons with science-related activities on the weather, being kind to the earth and more.
Annotation:Timothy and his kindergarten classmates learn about the alphabet, sounds, rhyming, and other concepts.
Annotation:Yoko and her classmates welcome Juanita, a new student from Texas, to their classroom.
Annotation:Timothy learns about being accepted and making friends during the first week of his first year at school.
Annotation:This is the story of seven little mice and how their mother manages to get her children to the first day of school.
Annotation:A five-year-old boy, ready and eager on his first day at "the big kids' school," must calm his very worried mother.
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A collection of non-fiction materials about Starting School and Making Friends for students in grade 1.
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