Books for Back to School Reading

Title: Back to School: A Global Journey
By: Ajmera, Maya
Published: 2019
Ages 4 to 8

Title: The King of Kindergarten
By: Barnes, Derrick
Published: 2019
Suggested ages are from the publisher or each item’s library catalog record.
Ages 3 to 6

Title: Becoming Vanessa
By: Brantley-Newton, Vanessa
Published: 2021
Ages 3 to 6

Title: Frindle
By: Clements, Andrew
Published: 1996
Ages 8 to 12

Title: New Kid
By: Craft, Jerry
Published: 2019
Ages 8 to 12

Title: Stella Díaz Has Something to Say
By: Dominguez, Angela
Published: 2018
Ages 6 to 9

Title: Pizza Party
By: English, Karen
Published: 2019
Ages 6 to 9

Title: Chu's First Day of School
By: Gaiman, Neil
Published: 2014
Ages 4 to 8

Title: Clothesline Clues to the First Day of School
By: Heling, Kathryn
Published: 2019
Ages 3 to 7

Title: We Don't Eat Our Classmates
By: Higgins, Ryan T.
Published: 2018
Ages 3 to 5

Title: El Cucuy Is Scared, Too!
By: Higuera, Donna Barba
Published: 2021
Ages 4 to 8

Title: The Best Seat in First Grade
By: Kenah, Katharine
Published: 2020
Ages 4 to 8

Title: Amina's Song
By: Khan, Hena
Published: 2021
Ages 8 to 12

Title: Danbi Leads the School Parade
By: Kim, Anna
Published: 2020
Ages 3 and up

Title: Click
By: Miller, Kayla
Published: 2019
Ages 8 to 12

Title: What Does Little Crocodile Say?
By: Montanari, Eva
Published: 2021
Ages 2 to 5

Title: The School Book
By: Parr, Todd
Published: 2019
Ages 4 to 8

Title: My First Day
By: Quang, Phung Nguyen
Published: 2021
Ages 4 to 8

Title: School's First Day of School
By: Rex, Adam
Published: 2016
Ages 4 to 8

Title: Not Your All-American Girl
By: Rosenberg, Madelyn and Wendy Wan Long Shang
Published: 2020
Ages 9 to 11

Title: School Days
By: Rotner, Shelley
Published: 2021
Ages 4 to 8

Title: Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom
By: Sachar, Louis
Published: 2020
Ages 8 to 12

Title: I Got the School Spirit
By: Schofield-Morrison, Connie
Published: 2020
Ages 3 to 6

Title: It's Your First Day of School, Busy Bus!
By: Shaffer, Jody Jensen
Published: 2018
Ages 3 to 6

Title: The Boy Who Failed Show and Tell
By: Sonnenblick, Jordan
Published: 2021
Ages 8 to 12

Title: How to Be Kind in Kindergarten
By: Steinberg, David
Published: 2021
Ages 3 to 5

Title: Mr. Wolf's Class
By: Steinke, Aron Nels
Published: 2018
Ages 7 to 10

Title: Your Name Is a Song
By: Thompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah
Published: 2020
Ages 5 to 10

Title: Back-to-School Blitz
By: Torres, Jennifer
Published: 2021
Ages 6 to 10

Title: The Day You Begin
By: Woodson, Jacqueline
Published: 2018
Ages 3 to 6