Time for School/Kindergarten for Kids (ages 4-6)

Is it time for Kindergarten? Are there nerves about starting school for the first time? Check out these picturebook and early reader recommendations.

Updated August 8, 2025
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The kissing hand
Penn, Audrey

Picturebook

Mercer Mayer's Little Critter. Night night! Sleep tight!
Mayer, Mercer
Paper Book
When beloved character Little Critter® hears something going "tap tap" in the night, he is determined to find the source, in this Level One I Can Read Comic by Mercer Mayer. It's bedtime for Little Critter and Little Sister, but when there's a strange sound in the night, the two are...

Levelled Reader (level pre-1)


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