18 books like Wemberly Worried
Zooman Sam
Four-year-old Sam's appearance as a zookeeper at his nursery school's Future Job Day leads him to a number of exciting activities and discoveries, including reading.
Shares: Nursery schools, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction
Dragon gets by
Dragon wakes up groggy and does everything wrong all day long.
Shares: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes, Animals, Children's fiction
This school year will be the best!
When a teacher asks her students on the first day of school what they wish for in the coming year, the answers range from having a good school picture to receiving a perfect report card.
Shares: First day of school, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction
Get Ready for Second Grade, Amber Brown
Amber Brown is starting second grade, but there is a new teacher this year. Nobody knows what Ms. Light will be like, and Amber is worried. Will she be mean? Will she like the class? Armed with her new teddy-bear backpack, Amber marches off to school, ready to face the scary newness of 2nd grade.
Shares: First day of school, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction
Back to school, Mallory
After moving, eight-year-old Mallory struggles with being new at school, especially because her mother is now the music teacher and director of the third grade play.
Shares: First day of school, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction
Emily's First 100 Days of School
Emily is ready for her first day of school. There's so much to do: learning the alphabet, singing, reading books, dancing, and counting, starting with the very first day. One hundred days feels very far away, but day by day, Emily and her classmates see they're getting closer. And as the lessons they learn begin to add up, their world expands. Chock-full of surprising discoveries, age-appropriate…
Shares: First day of school, Animals, Schools, Children's fiction
Frog and Toad Together
Frog and Toad Together is an American fantasy adventure children's picture book, written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel and published by Harper & Row in 1972. It is the second book in the Frog and Toad series. Like each of the other four books in the series, it contains five easy-to-read short stories. It was a Newbery Honor Book, or runner-up for the American Library Association Newbery Medal,…
Shares: Emotions & Feelings, Animals, Children's fiction
His Dark Materials
Philip Pullman's classic trilogy is now available as a stunning, large-format, bind-up edition. Since the first volume was published in 1955, and has now been filmed as "The Golden Compass", the trilogy has been acclaimed as a modern masterpiece, and has won the UK's top awards for children's literature. Today, the fabulous story of Lyra and her daemon is read and loved by adults and children…
Shares: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes, Children's fiction
Love, Splat
Splat the cat has a special valentine for a certain someone in his class.
Shares: Emotions, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction
Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus
"Hilarious. Barbara Park makes reading fun." --Dav Pilkey, author of Dog Man
Barbara Park's #1 New York Times bestselling chapter book series, Junie B. Jones, has been keeping kids laughing--and reading--for more than twenty-five years. Over 65 million copies sold!
Meet the World's Funniest Kindergartner--Junie B. Jones! Remember when it was scary to go to school? In the first Junie B. Jones…
Shares: First day of school, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction
Boy Who Owned the School
Jacob Freisten's goal in life is to go about unnoticed. He's perfect at gliding past the jocks' lockers and sneaking into his English class. That was, until now. If Jacob wants to pass English, he must work for extra credit on the stage crew of the school production of The Wizard of Oz.
Jacob, who is usually in a fog anyway, has the the job of running the fog machine. The problem is that Maria…
Shares: School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction
The day the teacher went bananas
A class's new teacher, who leads the children in a number of very popular activities, turns out to be a gorilla.
Shares: School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction
Ellen Tebbits
Ellen Tebbits is a 1951 children's novel written by Beverly Cleary. It is Cleary's second published book, following Henry Huggins. This humorous realistic fiction story tells the adventures of young Ellen and the new girl in her school, Austine Allen.
Shares: Social Themes, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction
Fuzzy Mud
Fifth grader Tamaya Dhilwaddi and seventh grader Marshall Walsh have been walking to and from Woodridge Academy together since elementary school. But their routine is disrupted when bully Chad Hilligas challenges Marshall to a fight. To avoid the conflict, Marshall takes a shortcut home through the off-limits woods. Tamaya, unaware of the reason for the detour, reluctantly follows. They soon get…
Shares: Social Themes, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction
Gus was a friendly ghost
A ghost and a mouse have a summer house all to themselves while the folks are away for the winter.
Shares: Mice, Children's fiction
Vegetal Como Eres
Brief text and photographs of carvings made from vegetables introduce the world of emotions by presenting leading questions such as "Are you feeling angry?"
Shares: Emotions, Children's fiction
Just William
There is only one Just William. The loveable imp has been harassing his unfortunate family and delighting hundreds of thousands of readers for years. Here, the Outlaws plan a day of non-stop adventure. The only problem is, William is meant to be babysitting. But William won't let that stop him having fun with his gang - he'll just bring the baby along!
Shares: Amusements, Children's fiction
The adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse
Danny Meadow Mouse, a timid but quick vole, plays hide-and-seek with his foe Reddy Fox and has other adventures with the animals of the Green Meadows.
Shares: Mice, Animals, Children's fiction