New Kid on the Block: A Story About Working Through Being New

by Jodi Baldwin (2009, YouthLight, 14.95)
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Transitioning to a new school can be very difficult for some elementary school-aged children. This helpful book will provide students with fresh insights and specific strategies to help them adjust, while validating their feelings of loss, loneliness, and fear. For each page of the story, there are recommended discussion questions and an advice letter from another child. The book also includes discussion questions, advice from peers, and recommended strategies. Color. Grades K-5. [11” x 8.5”...42 pages]

First Day Jitters

by Julie Danneberg (2000, Whispering Coyote Press, 6.95)
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Sarah asks herself the usual first-day-at-a-new-school questions: Will they like me? Will I make friends? That is, until she builds up enough courage to face her fears and hit the halls. Everyone will relate to Sarah’s feelings and laugh out loud when they find that Sarah is the new teacher at the school. Color. Grades K-4. [8” x 10”...32 pages]

New Girl…and Me

by Jacqui Robbins (2006, Atheneum, 16.95/hardback)
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There's a new girl in school. Her name is Shakeeta. Ms. Becky says to make her feel at home. But how in the world can Mia, one of Shakeeta's classmates, do that? Mia becomes fascinated with Shakeeta's pet iguana, and soon things begin to work out at school. Color. Grades PreK-2. [10” x 8”...32 pages]

Alexander, Who’s Not: (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move

by Judith Viorst (1995, Aladdin, 6.99)
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Who cares if his father has a new job a thousand miles away? Why should Alexander have to move away from everyone: best friend Paul; baby-sitter Rachel; the Baldwins’ dog, Swoozie; and Seymour the Cleaners? Alexander doesn’t want to leave his friends. By the author of Alexander & the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (5.99). Color. Grades K-3. [10” x 7.5”...32 pages]

Billy and the Big New School

by Laurence Anholt (1999, Whitman, 7.95)
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Billy is excited to be starting at a new school, but he feels funny inside, too. What if he gets lost, or doesn’t make any friends? He wonders if he’s like the little sparrow he found in his yard that couldn’t fly yet. But one morning, the bird and Billy are ready to go into the big world. Color. Grades K-2. [10.5” x 9.5”...32 pages]

Froggy Goes to School

by Jonathan London (1996, Viking, 5.99)
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It's the first day of school and Froggy is more than a little nervous. When he tries to pour the milk on his breakfast bowl of flies, the carton falls out of his hands. Will he ever pull himself together in time to make it to the classroom? Color. Grades K-2. [9” x 7”...32 pages]

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