The big, yellow bus is rounding the corner! Get ready for a new school year with these fun back-to-school books! Join the adventures at a superhero school, find out that your new classmate is a robot, take an espionage class in 1851 England, or plot against a vice-principal villain. These stories will put you in the right mindset for a year of reading and learning!
YOUTH
These sweet picture books will prepare your little ones for their first day of school.
All Welcome Here by James Preller
This fun picture book presents many first day of school stories…in Haiku poem style! Visit the classroom, playground, library, and more as the class explores and enjoys their new school!
School Bus by Donald Crews
Beep-beep! Time for school! Follow the big yellow school bus as it takes the kids to school and brings them home! Donald Crews’ classic minimalist illustrations make the school bus the star of this beautifully illustrated picture book.
School’s First Day of School by Adam Rex
Everyone is getting ready for school. The teachers are ready. The kids are ready. But what about the school? Does the school building worry? Does the school building prepare? Read to find out!
Beginning readers will become familiar with each part of the school day in this step-by-step guide.
Ready For School by Katie Peters
Early readers will love this peek into the school day and the joyful real-life pictures of school! Follow the classmates from when the school bus picks them up, through class projects, to packing bags at the end of the day!
The new kid in class needs your help in this exciting chapter book!
Brand New Boy by David Almond
The new kid in class (who’s a robot) turns out to be pretty cool, if a little weird. Too bad evil villains are out to destroy him! Can his new friends rescue him and find a way to set him free?
Can students overcome tricky obstacles in these engaging graphic novels?
Blue Stars: The Vice Principal Problem by Kekla Magoon and Cynthia Smith
Between robotics club, gymnastics, and class elections, cousins Maya and Riley have finally made a place for themselves at their new school! When their fun is threatened by school budget cuts and a vice principal who plans to use all the funding for detention, will they be able to combine forces and utilize their skills (and new connections) to thwart his plans?
Like Lava in My Veins by Derrick Barnes
Starting a new school is wild. Starting superhero school…Bobby doesn’t just have to learn math and science, but to control his superpowers! Kids who don’t learn control risk being expelled to the villain academy!
TWEENS AND TEENS
Starting school can be nerve-wracking, even if you’ve done it nearly a dozen times. What challenges await these high schoolers?
Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger
In an alternate England of 1851, spirited 14-year-old Sophronia is enrolled in a finishing school where, she is surprised to learn, lessons include not only the fine arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but also diversion, deceit, and espionage.
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.
Peanut by Ayun Halliday
Nervous about starting her sophomore year at a new high school, Sadie decides to make herself more interesting by claiming to be allergic to peanuts, but her lie quickly spirals out of control in this graphic novel.
