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Let's Go to Kindergarten

For our littlest readers, going to school for the first time is a huge adventure. Help them feel prepared with these titles, inspired by our Kindergarten Book Bags.

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  • This wonderful alphabet book can help us learn to identify how we are feeling while learning the alphabet. It's never too early, or too late, to learn the important skill of knowing how we are feeling and expressing it to others.
    Book, 2021New York : Philomel, ©2021. — Z LUI
  • This is a lovely story that introduces the activity "show and tell," when students share something important to them with their classmates. In this tale, a boy is shares how his moccasins were made. A lovely tale with an ending that will make you…
    Book, 2016Winnipeg : HighWater Press, ©2016. — Z WHE
  • A young boy imagines his first day in a royal way, "the charming, the wonderful, the kind King of Kindergarten" venturing out in the "big yellow carriage." A delightful tale to inspire a special first day.
    Book, 2019New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, ©2019. — Z BAR
  • As children get ready for their first day of school in Calgary, travelling by foot, bus, bike, or car, they might enjoy learning about how children travel to school in other parts of the world. This beautiful tale is full of the wonder of the…
    Book, 2021New York : Make Me a World, ©2021. — Z PHU
  • When children are getting ready for Kindergarten, we always teach them the alphabet. But what about teaching them some simple math concepts? This book is an excellent way to prepare children for success in Mathematics in just 10 minutes a day!
    Book, 2020New York : DK Publishing, 2020, ©2013. — J 372. 7 LOC
  • This delightful book is the perfect way for little ones to improve spoken language skills before they start school. Each page is filled with words to learn, covering everything from shapes, colours and numbers to animals, weather and classroom…
    Book, 2019London : Usborne Publishing , 2019 — J 372. 19 BRO
  • "We're part of a community./Our strength is our diversity./A shelter from adversity./All are welcome here." A story of a school with students representing different cultures and families, all told in a winsome rhyme.
    Book, 2018New York, New York : Alfred A. Knopf, ©2018. — Z PEN
  • Going to school for the first time can be worrying, and in this story we learn how weasel works through his fears with the help of a friend.
    Book, 2020Wilton, Connecticut : Tiger Tales, ©2020. — Z GAV
  • Photo Ark ABC

    An Animal Alphabet in Poetry and Pictures

    Levy, Debbie,
    Learn all about the wonderful world of animals with stunning National Geographic photographs.
    Book, 2021Washington, District of Columbia : National Geographic, 2021, ©2021. — J 590 LEV
  • This hilarious book features a young tyrannosaurs rex, Penelope, who learns that the lesson that is the title of this book. Both funny and heartwarming, you'll want to read the sequel next, "We Will Rock Our Classmates."
    Book, 2018Los Angeles : Disney-Hyperion, ©2018. — Z HIG
  • Eager for another book by everyone's favourite author, Mo Williems!? This hilarious installment of the Pigeon Chronicles will have parents and kids of all ages laughing out loud. It is being released just in time for back to school!
    Book, 2022New York : Union Square Kids, ©2022. — Z WIL