A young child imagines going off to Kindergarten as a journey to another planet.

When Dat starts school in a country where he does not speak the language, everything around him sound like gibberish until a new friend helps him make sense of his new world.

The pigeon must go to school, but frets about math, learning the alphabet, heavy backpacks, and what the teacher and other birds will think of him.

An ensemble cast of characters in one classroom experience the first week of school, including one unexpected visitor.

Faizah relates how she feels on the first day her sister, sixth-grader Asiya, wears a hijab to school. Grades K-3. 2019.

Sarah is afraid to start at a new school, but both she and the reader are in for a surprise when she gets to her class.

"It's Amelia Bedelia's first day of school, and she can't wait! What could be better than hopping on the bus, putting her nose in a book, and being glued to her seat?"--Page [4] cover.

Froggy is nervous about his first day of school, but, even though it's hard to sit still, he has a wonderful time.

"It's Rashin's first day of school in America! Everything is a different shape than what she's used to: from the foods on her breakfast plate to the letters in the books! And the kids' families are from all over! The new teacher asks each child to imagine the shape of home on a map. Rashin knows right away what she'll say: Iran looks like a cat! What will the other kids say? Open this book to join Rashin in discovering the true things that shape a...

After being homeschooled her whole life, Heidi Heckelbeck enters a real school in second grade, where she encounters a mean girl named Melanie who makes her feel like an alien.