Books to read for the beginning of school

Books about teachers
Arthur's teacher moves in - Brown
Arthur's teacher trouble - Brown
The day the teacher went bananas - Howe
Don't be silly, Mrs. Millie!- Cox
Frog Principal - Calmenson
Hooray for Diffendoofer Day - Seuss
Lily's purple plastic purse - Henkes
Miss Bindergarden gets ready for kindergarten - Slate
Miss Mingo and the 1st day of school - Harper
Miss Nelson is missing / is back / field day- Allard
T is for teacher - Laynes
Tale of Tricky Fox: New England trickster tale - Aylesworth (teacher wins out)
Teacher from the Black Lagoon - Thaler
Thank you Mr Faulker - Polacco

Or books about being special/individual
Amazing Grace - Hoffman
Bad case of stripes - Shannon
Crayon box that talked - DeRolf
Ella Sarah gets dressed - Chados-Irvine
Fancy Nancy - Jane O'Connor
Finklehopper frog - Livingston
Giraffes can't dance - Andreae
Goose - Bang
Mommy doesn't know my name - Williams
Owliver - Krause
Pig's picnic - Kasza
Pinduli - Cannon
Stand tall Molly Lou Melon - Lovell
Sylvia Jean, drama queen - Ernst
Unhappy Harry - Merriam
Wings - Meyer

Books about being loved
Guess how much I love you - McBratney
I promise I'll find you - Ward
Kissing hand - Penn
Mama do you love me - Joose
No matter what - Gliori
Papa, do you love me - Joose

Or books about books and reading
Aunt Chip and the great Triple Creek Dam Affair - Polacco
Book! by George
But, excuse me, that is my book - Child
Charlie Cook's favorite book - Donaldson
Claire and the unicorn happily ever after - Hennessy
Come back, Jack - Anholt
Do not open this book - Muntean
Henry and the buccaneer bunnies - Crimi
I can read with my eyes shut – Seuss
I love going though this book - Burleigh
Janie and the famous author - Hahn
Miss Malarkey leaves no reader behind -Martin
Miss Smith’s incredible storybook - Garland
Mr. George Baker - Hest
Mr. Katapat's incredible adventures - Battou
My book box - Hillenbrand
Once upon a time - Daly
Pirates - Lamm
Read anything good lately? by Allen and Lindaman
The red book - Lehman
A story for bear - Haseley
Wait, I want to tell you a story - Willans
Wednesday Surprise - Bunting
When will I read - Cohen (and others by author)
Winston, the book wolf - McGee
Wish, change, friend - Whybrow
You read to me, I'll read to you: very short Fairy Tales to read together - Hoberman
You read to me, I'll read to you: very short Mother Goose Tales to read together - Hoberman

For the bigger kids
All of a kind Family - Taylor
Read any good books lately? - Allen (Written anything good lately)
Miss Smith’s incredible storybook - Garland

Or a poem from
Good books, good times - selected by Hopkins
Bury me in the Library - Lewis

Or books about words
The boy who loved words - Schotter (printable activity)
Donavan's word jar - DeGross
Miss Alaineus: vocabulary disaster - Frasier
Mom and Dad are palindromes -Shulman
Word Wizard - Falwell (anagrams)

Or about parts of the books / writing books/ storytelling
The biggest soap - Schaefer
Do not open this book - Muntean
Hippo goes bananas - Murray
Kamishibai man - Say
Meanwhile... - Pfeiffer
Stinky Cheese Man - Scieszka
Wait! I want to tell you a story, by Willans
Written anything lately?