A young girl feels out of place on her first day of school in a new country until she discovers that it only takes one friend to make her new surroundings feel like home.

Meet Hattie Harmony, Worry Detective. She's always there to help her friends when they need her. And the first day of school can cause a lot of jitters--from speaking in front of the class to taking the bus. Hattie always finds the perfect tools to calm her friends' bodies and minds. But when her own fears start to bubble up, can Hattie learn to overcome them herself?

Perfect for returning students and first timers alike, this picture book celebrates the signs leading up to the start of school, such as cooler mornings and ripening apples, and the excitement of the first day.

Young animal students attending their first day of school navigate nervousness, apprehension, and a tendency to hop around before meeting their armadillo teacher, who is just as nervous as they are.

"It's Twinkle's first day at The Fairy School of Magic and Music, and she can't wait to make spells like all the othr fairies. But Twinkle keeps forgetting the magic words, and her spells go from bad to worse!" -- Publisher description.

With each spread featuring a different kid-friendly, kindergarten-ready activity, this picture book, written in a call-and-response format, follows a diverse cast of soon-to-be kindergartners as they get ready for their first day of school.

How can there be homework when it's only the first day of school? Splat must pick only "one" of all of his fun summer adventures to share with his classmates at show-and-tell. But in the end, Splat may find that the best part of his summer wasn't an adventure at all.

Tiny Diamond is nervous about his first day of school, but he learns to make new friends at music time.

"School is starting soon and Turkey can't wait. Each day, he and his barnyard friends practice their writing and math. But when the school bus rolls up, they are booted off. It turns out that animals aren't allowed to attend school. Pig calls it hogwash, and Turkey agrees. All he has to do is find a way to show the students and the principal that turkeys--and their friends--do belong in school. With a gobble, gobble here; a gobble, gobble there; and...

Mara is worried about what the students at her new school will think about her hearing aids, but as she explains about lip reading and sign language she makes two new friends.