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• Planet Middle School

  Grimes, Nikki

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  A series of poems describes all the baffling changes at home and at school in twelve-year-old Joylin's transition from tomboy basketball player to not-quite-girly girl.

• Back to School, Backpack!

  Rich, Simon,

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  A backpack deals with first-day-of-school jitters and feeling out of place.

• Studies at the School by the Sea

  Colgan, Jenny,

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  "Beloved literature teacher Maggie Adair loves her life at the prestigious Downey House boarding school on the gloriously sunny, windy English coast. It was there that she found her footing as a teacher and fell in love with her colleague…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Crayons Go Back to School

  Daywalt, Drew,

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  "The crayons are getting ready to go back to school, and each crayon has a subject they're looking forward to the most. They're also ready to meet new friends ... and let loose during their very favorite time of day: art class"--

• The School for Good and Evil

  Chainani, Soman,

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  This year, best friends Sophie and Agatha are about to discover where all the lost children go: the fabled School for Good & Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains. As the most beautiful girl…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Llama Llama Back to School

  Duncan, Reed,

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  "Summer days are getting shorter and it's almost time for the first day of school for Llama! But Llama Llama isn't ready for summertime to end. It's been full of backyard camping, family picnics, and ice cream with friends. All he wants is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The School That Escaped the Nazis

  the True Story of the Schoolteacher Who Defied Hitler

  Cadbury, Deborah,

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  In 1933, as Hitler came to power, schoolteacher Anna Essinger hatched a daring and courageous plan: to smuggle her entire school out of Nazi Germany. Anna had read Mein Kampf and knew the terrible danger that Hitler's hate-fueled…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lucky Ducky's Very First Day of School

  Mayer, Mercer, 1943-

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  When his little sister loses her favorite stuffed toy, Lucky Ducky, on the night before the first day of school, Little Critter comes to the rescue.

• You've Been Volunteered

  Gelman, Laurie,

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  "In the eagerly anticipated follow-up to Laurie Gelman's "irreverent and hilarious" (The New York Post) hit Class Mom, brash, lovable Jen Dixon is back with a new class and her work cut out for her. If you've ever been a room parent or…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sorry, Grown-ups, You Can't Go to School!

  Geist, Christina,

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  This fun role-reversal picture book will help reluctant students get excited to go back to school! It's just another school morning...until Mom, Dad, Grandma, and even Bow-wow the dog BEG the kids to let them come to school, too! Dad can…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Deadly Education

  Novik, Naomi,

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  "Enter a school of magic unlike any you have ever encountered: There are no teachers, no holidays, and no friendships save strategic ones. Survival is more important than any letter grade, for the school won't allow its students to leave…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fearless Schools

  Building Trust, Resilience, and Psychological Safety

  Reeves, Douglas

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  Schools need psychological safety, resilience, and trust now more than ever. These are the essential prerequisites of learning for both students and staff. If we are truly going to make schools inviting places where all students can…Read moreRead more of this annotation