5 Best Picture Books About Starting School

We all can relate to some of the feelings that come up on the first day of school, or really the first day of anything. In Lena’s Shoes Are Nervous, Lena expresses this uncertain feeling by saying that it is her shoes that are too nervous to take her to school. Annabelle Swift relies initially on her sister’s advice, but comes to find her own competence is what builds her confidence. Other characters greet the experience with jubilance and joy. And of course Miss Bindegarten’s classroom tops them all — you have to see it to believe it! Ages 4 — 8.