Kids Books: Back to School

Summer vacation is over and that means one thing-back to school. For Hubie, getting ready to go back is worse than actually going to class. His mom picks out all the wrong clothes, he gets back-to-back shots from his doctor, and there are rumors of a new teacher worse than any other. Will Hubie fail before school even starts?

"Steven finds himself enrolled in Connie's school after a show-and-tell lesson goes awry, and that is just the beginning. After getting to see what normal school is like, Steven is having the time of his life...but it might mean losing Connie in the process. Between wanting to graduate with good grades and keeping her record clean, Connie realizes that having her best friend at school might not have been all it was meant to be. And when a stray gem...

A brave fish confidently sets off on a new adventure--the first day of school! Along the way he wonders what it will be like. Will the day go swimmingly? Read on and find out!"--Page [2] of cover.

Ottoline and Mr. Munroe, her very helpful dog, enroll in the Alice B. Smith School for the Differently Gifted and while Ottoline worries that she may not have a special gift, Mr. Munro worries about the ghost that is said to haunt the school at night.

The mismatched pals accidentally latch onto a big yellow bus and leave the cageless zoo for their first trip to school.

"Superhero geek Evan survives a supervillian's death ray, and is sent to the Academy for Metahuman Operatives. Unfortunately, instead of fighting bad guys, Evan finds himself blacklisted, and on the wrong side of the school's director. Can he convince his semi-retired has-been mentor to become a real hero once again?"--

A surprised librarian and a young reader watch as dancing dinosaurs in a book leap off the page and into the school, causing havoc in the classroom and on the playground.

"In 1956, one year before federal troops escorted the Little Rock 9 into Central High School, fourteen year old Jo Ann Allen was one of twelve African-American students who broke the color barrier and integrated Clinton High School in Tennessee. At first things went smoothly for the Clinton 12, but then outside agitators interfered, pitting the townspeople against one another. Uneasiness turned into anger, and even the Clinton Twelve themselves wondered...