Books to Celebrate Back to School

In the tenth installment of our Facebook Live video series, Live From Our Library, Scholastic Librarian Deimosa Webber-Bey recommended books full of back-to-school spirit across all age bands. Whether your child is starting school for the very first time or waving goodbye to the elementary years, there is a perfect book for every grade. Help your child get excited for back to school by taking a look at these titles below.

You can also watch the Live Chat here.

Deimosa’s Favorites

Clifford’s School Story Box by Norman Bridwell

Stargirlby Jerry Spinelli

PreK

3-2-1 School Is Fun(Rookie Reader Series) by Amanda Haley

Sing-Along Nursery Rhymes(Rookie Reader Series) by Carolina Faraias

Potty Starand Potty Hero by Jane Massey

Kindergarten – 2^nd Grade

Planet Kindergartenby Sue Ganz-Schmitt (Kindergarten)

Wordplay by Adam Lehrhaupt (1^st Grade)

Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary  (2^nd Grade)

3^rd – 5^th Grade

Third Grade Mermaid by Peter Raymundo (3^rd Grade)

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume (4^th Grade)

Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan (5^th Grade)

The Only Girl in School by Natalie Standiford (5^th Grade)

6^th – 8^th Grade

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson (6^th Grade)

The Great Greene Heist by Varian Johnson (7^th Grade)

8^th Grade Superzero by Olugbemisola Rhuday Perkovich (8^th Grade)

High School

Sleeping Freshmen Never Lieby David Lubar (9^th Grade)

Mean Girls Micol Ostow (10^th and 11^th Grade)

The Lines We Cross by Randa Abdel-Fattah (12^th Grade)

Adult

Becoming Mariaby Sonia Manzano

Teaching Students to Conduct Short Research Projects by Ryan K. Gilpin

Disrupting Thinking: Why How We Read Mattersby Kylene Beers and Robert E. Probst