As a “retired” school counselor books about school are my specialty. School can be an intimidating place for many children and sometimes a friendly story about school can be just the ticket to help. Books about school are also great to share in the excitement of the start of the school year for your children.
Decor
For our book wall this year we incorporated a few “non-book” items that really added to the school nostalgia. We used a homemade garland of apples my daughters colored, school photos, vintage chalkboards, and some vintage school signs. Here is the apple printable we used. Other fun vintage style decor pieces could included vintage chalk boxes, crayon boxes, erasers, a flash card garland, rulers, vintage books, or vintage school bells.
Books
For the books I am going to break them down into a few categories, as they each have different story lines about the important characteristics of school. All of the books are linked below if there is one you would like to add to your collection!
First Day of School Nerves
The Invisible String
First Day Jitters
Berestein Bears Get Ready for School
Kindergarten Here I Come
The Kissing Hand
Pout Pout Fish Goes to School
A Letter from your Teacher
Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten
The Day You Begin
School Attitude
Bucket Filler A-Z: The Key to Being Happy
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
The Recess Queen
Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker
The Grouchies
Enemy Pie
The Energy Bus for Kids
Amanda Panda Quits Kindergarten
School Subjects
Hooray for Reading Day
Ten Apples Up On Top
The Day the Crayons Came Home
The Day the Crayons Quit
How to Catch a Class Pet
Arthur’s Teacher Trouble
Who Will be My Teacher
What are your favorite Back to School books? I know I have a million more good ones, but this is a great starting point. We enjoy reading these for the first few weeks of school, then switch over to Fall books and then my absolute favorite, HALLOWEEN books, find our favorites in this blog post!
