The pigeon must go to school, but frets about math, learning the alphabet, heavy backpacks, and what the teacher and other birds will think of him.

Even though Henry is looking forward to going to kindergarten, he is not sure about staying once he first gets there.

Amber is nervous about starting second grade with a new teacher, but despite being in the same class as mean Hannah Burton, things turn out just fine.

Sarah is afraid to start at a new school, but both she and the reader are in for a surprise when she gets to her class.

A nervous Splat finds his first day at Cat School much better than he expected.

In preparation for his first day of school, Harry visits the doctor, dentist, and barber, prepares pencils and a new outfit, and gets a good night's rest.

"When Heidi Heckelbeck's first day of school is ruined by meanie Melanie Maplethorpe, the witch in disguise consults her Book of Spells to give the bully a taste of her own medicine"--

Gary Lizard gets ready for his first day at school.

In easy-to-read text, describes what the first day of school might be like for a child in Kenya, Kazakhstan, Canada, Australia, Japan, China, Peru, Germany, India, Russia, and the United States.