By Joan Carbone – Senior Youth Services Librarian, Lynnfield Public Library
It’s Back-to-School time!! This is a list of titles to get enthusiastic students (or maybe apprehensive ones too) ready and excited for the new year!
Board Books –
Gaspard and Lisa’s Ready for School Words by Anne Gutman
Find Spot at Preschool by Eric Hill
Listening Time by Elizabeth Verdick
Picture Books –
Isabel and her colores go to school by Alexandra Alessandri
The crayons go back to school by Drew Daywalt
LLama, Llama back to School by Reed Duncan
The Color Monster goes to School by Anna Llenas
Kindergarten is Cool! by Linda Marshall
Kindergarrrten Bus by Mike Ornstein
All are welcome by Alexandra Penfold
How to get your Teacher Ready by Jean Reagan
Butterflies on the first day of School by Annie Silvestro
Miss Bindergarten gets ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate
Beginning Reader Books –
Pete the Cat: too cool for school by James Dean
Stitch Goes to School by John Edwards
Fiona goes to school by Barbara Herndon
I Love my Teacher by Frances Gilbert
Time for school, Charlie Brown by Charles Schulz
Beginning Chapter Books –
Cam Jansen and the first day of school mystery by David Adler
Eerie Elementary series by Jack Chabert
Princess Posey and the first grade parade by Stephanie Greene
My Weird School series by Dan Gutman
Children’s Fiction –
Origami Yoda series by Tom Angleberger
Falling Short by Ernesto Cisnerso
Operation Do-over by Gordon Korman
Virtually Me by Chad Morris
Middle School series by James Patterson
Graphic Novels –
Field Trip by Molly Brooks
The New Kid by Jerry Craft
Middle School Misadventures by Jason Platt
Mr. Wolf’s Class by Aron Nels Steinke
Young Adult books –
Here to Stay by Sara Farizan
Time Out by Sean Hayes
Not My Problem by Ciara Smyth
Chaos Theory by Nic Stone