Get Ready for School: Starting school or nursery

Hooray! It's Our First Day

Get ready to start school with the bunnies, as our four favourite friends set off on an exciting lift-the-flap adventure to get to their first day of school. With lunchboxes, fresh pencils, school bags and treats to find hidden under the flaps, it's an action-packed treasure hunt! Can you find everything you need to get ready for your first day - and get the bunnies there on time?

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Olu's Teacher

Olu is about to start nursery and meet his teacher, Jay. But what will Jay be like? What if he has big sharp teeth like a dinosaur, wonders Olu, or breathes fire like a dragon?! His worries fly away when Jay greets him with a big smile, before reading stories, playing the guitar and making Olu feel right at home. This is a reassuring story about a child's first experience of nursery or preschool.

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All You Need to Know About Going to School

Join five animal friends as they start school in this delightful introduction to the school day, from getting dressed in the morning to home time. Charming illustrations depict the school day and some of the early years concepts including colours, shapes, numbers and counting, weather and seasons, the body and senses and more. An entertaining introduction to the world of pegs, classrooms, registers, teachers, lessons, lunchboxes, school toilets and playtime. Perfect for any child, parent or carer excited or nervous about the first day.

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Monsters at School

Children will love this super-fun title packed with hilarious monsters on their first day of school! Follow the cheeky little monsters as they have lessons, go wild at playtime, eat a messy monster lunch, and learn and play together - and watch out for the silly dog monster hiding on every page.

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Never Take a Bear to School

Bears  are clumsy. They don't sit still. They're much, much bigger than teachers -  and they eat SUCH a lot of lunch! Yes, taking a bear to school is a BAD idea.  But will this little boy find the courage to face the first day of school  alone?

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When a Dragon Goes to School

When a dragon goes to school, will she enjoy a book in the reading den and save her lunchtime treats for a friend? Or will she throw the crayons and refuse to share? She's going to need her friends to help her behave herself - she is DRAGON after all.

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This is a School

A school isn't just a building; it is all the people who work and learn together. It is a place for discovery and asking questions. A place for sharing, for helping, and for community. It is a place of hope and healing, even when that community can't be together in the same room.

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The Bear Behind

Meet Ivor, a little boy in a big world, who absolutely, categorically, definitely does NOT like any sort of attention. So it's more than a minor catastrophe for Ivor to discover on his first day of school that he has a great big - BEAR BEHIND!

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The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!

The Pigeon is about to get schooled! Do you think he should go? Why does the Pigeon have to go to school? He already knows everything! Well, almost everything. And what if he doesn't like it? What if the teacher doesn't like him? I mean, what if he learns too much!?!

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Stuff to Know When You Start School

Learn all the super-important life skills you need to become a big boy or girl with this ultimate guide to being a toddler and starting school.

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Starting School

A classic picture book which offers advice and enjoyment for the whole family before school starts. From first day nerves to finding your peg, this reassuring read is full of humour and fun for children and parents alike.

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Ready For School Words: 1,000 Words for Big Kids

Featuring all the words a child should know before they start school, this charming book takes you from familiar scenes of home, the playground and the classroom. Children will start school with confidence and a brand-new vocabulary after exploring the colourful community in this book.

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Lulu's First Day: A Starting Pre-School Story

Book-loving Lulu is excited to start pre-school. Everyone gets up super early to make sure they are ready. There's so much to do at pre-school: Lulu makes a new friend, reads (of course), plays dress up and builds and sings.

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Nursery? Not Today!

For any child who is anxious about starting nursery, this fun-filled story, brimming with positivity, is the perfect antidote! It is Monday and Rosa feels very big and very, very grown up. She is going to nursery.

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Little Owl's First Day

It's a big day for Little Owl. His first day at school. Little Owl doesn't want a big day though. He'd rather stay at home and have fun with Mummy and Baby Owl. But at school he gets to build a rocket, learn to fly and even make a tiny new friend.

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Let's Go to Nursery!

A reassuring introduction to nursery that will ignite discussion and help very young children tackle all kinds of new experiences.

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I Have to Start School Today

I have to start at school today. 'You'll have such fun!' my parents say. I know they think I'll be okay. But what if things don't go my way? Starting at a new school can be scary business. Luckily, Grandma is on hand to point out that there's no need to fright, as things could just as easily go right!

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How to Get Your Teacher Ready for School

Written in a tongue-in-cheek instructional style, this book is a playful and heartwarming celebration of teachers and school, and an empowering book to help calm back-to-school nerves!

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I Don't Want to Go to School!

It's Mouse's first day of school. It's Dinosaur's first day of school. They don't want to go! But when lessons start, there's a very big surprise!

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Hello, Friend!

'Hello, Friend!' tells the story of one relentlessly big-hearted and enthusiastic little girl who is insistent on befriending a certain little boy. And why wouldn't he want to be friends with her?

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First Day at Bug School

At the bottom of the garden where no one really sees, a secret school is hidden amongst the grass and weeds. Welcome to Bug School. Don't be nervous on your first day - it's lots of fun. This is a rhythmic, bright celebration of school, starring some very cute bugs indeed, sure to allay first-day-at-school fears.

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