D.W. Goes to Preschool. Marc Brown, $7.99

Arthur's little sister loves going to preschool. Find out why preschool is such fun!

Is Everybody Ready for Kindergarten? A Tool Kit for Preparing Children and Families. Angèle Sancho Passe, $30.95

Making the transition into kindergarten is a significant and exciting milestone in young children's lives. With proper coordination and planning, it can be a smooth process, benefiting children, families, and schools. This book provides information and practical advice to help you help children and their families prepare for the transition and then successfully begin kindergarten. Helpful activities, reproducible checklists and handouts, and planning templates are included.

In this new addition to the Knowledge Essentials series, Kindergarten Success shows you how to enrich your child's classroom learning and take an active role in your kindergarten’s education.

Little Rabbit Goes to School. Harry Horse, $8.95 (ages 3-5)

Little Rabbit’s first day at school doesn’t quite go as planned!

Max & Mo’s First Day at School. Patricia Lakin, illustrated by Brian Floca, $4.99 (ages 4-6)

It’s back to school time for Max and Mo. This time they are in a different classroom and they are both nervous. Now they need to make new friends — but will anyone remember their names?

My First Day at a New School. Charlotte Guillain, $7.95

Pictures and simple text help young children understand what to expect when they begin school.

Off to First Grade. Louise Borden, $19.99

It’s the first day of first grade and everyone is getting ready!

It’s the first day of school, and Baby Duck’s stomach is all jitters. What if her teacher is mean? What if she won’t have any fun? Or make any friends? And who will buckle her new school shoes? Luckily, Grampa knows just what to say and do to make Baby Duck feel better. And when Baby Duck meets her teacher and makes a new friend, she feels much, much braver. Both parents and children will welcome this winsome tale of Baby Duck, whose fears and victories on the first day of school are sure to elicit smiles of recognition.

Preschool Success provides parents with activities, tips and sound advice for preparing children for public, private or homeschool education. Parents and caregivers learn how to enrich a child’s first classroom experiences and how to take an active role in your child’s education. Includes information and activities on:

• Understanding your child's learning style—visual, auditory, or kinesthetic—and how it affects the way your child learns and processes information
• Dozens of easy-to-do activities designed to help your child meet specific learning requirements
• Environmental learning sections that identify learning opportunities in the everyday world
• The developmental and social changes expected of your preschooler as well as information on how to determine readiness to move up to kindergarten
• Recommendations of age-appropriate books and software that will enhance learning

Puddle's New School — a Big Step for a Little Duckling. Amber Stewart & Layn Marlow, $9.50

Starting school is a very big step! But Puddle's worries turn to smiles as his Mom packs enough love and support into his school bag to get him through the day.

Join Tim as he visits his future kindergarten and learns what he will be doing during his first year of school …the classroom may look a little too big at first, but after finding out about all the fun ahead, it doesn't seem too big at all. In fact, it's just the right size! (ages 3-5)

Wemberly Worried. Kevin Henkes, $7.99

Wemberly worried about spilling her juice, about shrinking in the bathtub, even about snakes in the radiator. She worried morning, noon and night. Most of all she worried about her first day of school.