Synopsis: THE BESTSELLING KIDS PICTURE BOOK: Calm first day of school anxiety with this classic back to school book that reminds students K-3 that everyone gets the jitters!Includes a Certificate of Courage for First Day Completion and a First Day Memories Sheet!Ink-and-watercolor illustrations and a “funny and insightful” story make this a teacher-approved classroom read aloud (Booklist)!Sarah Jane Hartwell has that sinking feeling in the pit of her…

Synopsis: Be yourself like Molly Lou Melon no matter what a bully may do!Molly Lou Melon is short and clumsy, has buck teeth, and has a voice that sounds like a bullfrog being squeezed by a boa constrictor. She doesn't mind. Her grandmother has always told her to walk proud, smile big, and sing loud, and she takes that advice to heart.But then Molly Lou has to start in a new school. A horrible bully picks on her on the very first day, but Molly Lou Melon…

Synopsis: The Things I Love About Me empowers children to recognize their strengths, quirks, and uniqueness with pride. Promoting positive self-image and emotional confidence, this title nurtures self-esteem and encourages children to celebrate what makes them who they are. A perfect companion to When I'm Feeling Proud, it supports emotional growth by helping young readers see themselves through a loving, affirming lens.

Synopsis: The Things I Love About School shows children the positive aspects of learning, making friends, and being part of a school community. It supports transition into early education settings by promoting confidence and curiosity--essential qualities for a successful start to school life. This book pairs naturally with When I'm Feeling Nervous, providing reassurance and encouragement for new beginnings.

Synopsis: Kindergarten has never been funnier with the launch of this new, strong-willed character, in the style of Ladybug Girl, Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, and Bread and Jam for Frances. Amanda Panda has BIG ideas for her first day of school. But when things don't go according to plan, and when a pesky girl in a pink bow decides to be her best friend, she walks out on kindergarten and joins her brother in second grade. It takes an unlikely partner to…

Synopsis: The kids in WHAT I DO BEST all have unique talents. Some sing and dance, while others can fold a basket of laundry in two minutes flat. Some paint (each in their own distinctive style), while others do a super job caring for the household pets. Even better, this entertaining book features pull tabs, touch and feel elements, fun flaps, and more.From the author and illustrator team that brought you the best-selling WHAT I LIKE ABOUT ME!, WHAT I DO…

Synopsis: “Chores, chores, chores! What a bore, bore, bore!” exclaims a little girl as she dusts and vacuums her way through a laundry list of tasks—including the laundry. Salina Yoon’s exuberant illustrations match her simple, catchy rhymes. Readers will groan sympathetically through each chore to find that hard work really does pay off in the end.

Synopsis: AMANDINA HAD EVERY TALENT MADE FOR THE STAGE, EXCEPT ONE: Confidence.She dances, sings, acts, and performs acrobatics, but no one knows because Amandina is terribly shy. Determined to change that, she rents a run-down theater and prepares to give the show of her life. She builds the sets, makes the costumes, and, most importantly, invites everyone in town. When the night of the big performance comes, Amandina nervously opens the curtains…to find…

Synopsis: Old Pig and Granddaughter have lived together for a long, long time. They share everything, including the chores, until the day when Old Pig does not get up as usual for breakfast. Calmly she pays her bills and puts her affairs in order. Then she takes Granddaughter on a last, long walk--looking and listening, smelling and tasting. Old Pig and Granddaughter say goodbye to each other in the best way they know. A tender story of living and loving…

Synopsis: Love Actually meets Adventures in Babysitting in this “fun, fresh” (Kirkus Reviews) novel written by seven authors about seven classmates who are preparing for a crazy night at their middle school dance.Lynnfield Middle School is prepped and ready for a dance to remember, including an awesome performance from Heart Grenade, the all-girl band who recently won a Battle of the Bands contest. Seven classmates—Carmen, Genevieve, Tess, Ryan, Ellie,…

Synopsis: Twelve-year-old House Jackson--star pitcher and team captain of the Aurora County All-Stars--has been sidelined for a whole sorry year with a broken elbow. He's finally ready to play, but wouldn't you know that the team's only game of the year has been scheduled for the exact same time as the town's 200th-anniversary pageant. Now House must face the pageant's director, full-of-herself Frances Shotz (his nemesis and perpetrator of the elbow break…

Synopsis: A young Poseidon must triumph over aquatic terrors in this Heroes in Training adventure. The merciless Cronus and his Titan buddies are in hot pursuit of Zeus, Hera, and Poseidon, who plan to travel across the treacherous boiling sea in order to save a fellow Olympian. They have a boat, but they also have a problem: Poseidon can’t swim and is terrified of the water (well, really of the creatures that lurk in its depths). The group faces danger…

Synopsis: A fast, fun, friendship read from the Newbery-award winning author of Maniac Magee. Plumstead Middle School is full of secret plans. Eddie is on a mission to bulk up--he's sick of being the skinniest, scrawniest, runtiest kid in school. Sunny is plotting something that will keep the school bullies from ever bothering her again. Salem is trying to figure out who sent her that mysterious valentine message in the school newspaper. And Pickles has…

Synopsis: My Weirder School weirder than ever! Mr. Burke cuts the grass, trims the bushes, and does the landscaping around Ella Mentry School. He wants to have a corn maze on the baseball diamond and drag races with his riding mower. What’s up with the crop circles in the soccer field? And what did he bury under the monkey bars?

Synopsis: A delightful collection of Aesop's Fables densely illustrated in black and white and colour plates by the humorous and delightful drawings of Nora Fry. Pook Press celebrates the great Golden Age of Illustration in children's literature. Many of the earliest children's books, particularly those dating back to the 1850s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pook Press are working to republish these classic works in high…

Synopsis: For use in schools and libraries only. Splat The Cat is back in New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Rob Scotton's beginning reader Splat The Cat: Up In The Air At The Fair. In this My First I Can Read Book, Splat, Spike, and Plank can't wait to go to the fair. But when Kitten can't come, the friends are determined to bring her back the perfect gift. Beginning readers will delight in Splat's hilarious attempts to find the perfect…

Synopsis: Celebrate diversity and inclusion with this New York Times bestselling picture book about a school where all are welcome! Look under the jacket for a poster, and don't miss the fold-out page at the end of the book. Follow a group of children through a day in their school, where everyone is welcomed with open arms. A school where kids in patkas, hijabs, and yarmulkes play side-by-side with friends in baseball caps. A school where students grow…

Synopsis: Nancy Carlson's reassuring picture book about getting ready for kindergarten is now available in a Spanish-English edition-and to a whole new audience of young children.  The simple, comforting text and big, bright illustrations will ease first-day-of-school jitters and help make the early days of kindergarten exciting and fun. 

Synopsis: All shoes come in twos, but one red shoe becomes separated from its pair. This shoe dearly misses the other shoe and feels so lonely and afraid. When the red shoe meets a greedy, solitary mouse, who has grown used to living alone and has never experienced loneliness, the shoe has an idea Can this mouse help the red shoe find his friend? Along the way, the usually independent mouse comes to understand the feeling that is loneliness.

Synopsis: Round and round! Up and down! Read and sing along with a happy crowd of animal passengers in this padded board book. Printed lyrics and bright, colorful illustrations invite little readers to climb aboard!