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Everyone knows that sinking feeling in the pit of the stomach just before diving into a new situation. Sarah Jane Hartwell is scared and doesn't want to start over at a new school. She doesn't know anybody, and nobody knows her. It will be awful. She just knows it. With much prodding from Mr. Hartwell, Sarah Jane reluctantly pulls herself together and goes to school. She is quickly befriended by Mrs. Burton, who helps smooth her jittery transition....
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Planet Kindergarten volume 1
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English
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A young child imagines going off to Kindergarten as a journey to another planet.
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Emma McGraw series volume 2
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English
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Eight-year-old Emma is just beginning to like her new school when her friend Cynthia starts telling other kids that Emma is, well, a little strange.
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Young Amelia Bedelia (Picture books) volume 1
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English
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"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.
7) Gibberish
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English
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When Dat starts school in a country where he does not speak the language, everything around him sounds like gibberish until a new friend helps him make sense of his new world.
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English
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"English just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers her native Spanish. As she prepares for a new school, she knows she's going to have to learn. Her first day is uncomfortable, until she employs her crayons and discovers there's more than one way to communicate with new friends"--
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Heidi Heckelbeck volume 1
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English
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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.
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Pigeon (Picture books) volume 7
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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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.
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Charlie and Lola volume 3
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English
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When Lola is worried about starting school, her older brother Charlie reassures her.
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Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa volume 3
Publisher
Harcourt
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English
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Cocoa the horse does not want Cowgirl Kate to go to school without him.
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First graders from Mars volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
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As the school year begins on Mars, Horus the Martian gets off to a rocky start, but soon discovers that first grade is not really as bad as he thought. Delighted to start first grade, Horus is dismayed to discover that there are no slime tables, no nap mats, and no snacks, and after being put in the Beta reading group instead of the Alpha, Horus longs to be back in Martiangarten.