Best Kindergarten Classroom Picture Books

Book riot put together their top picks for back to school picture books - https://bookriot.com/picture-books-for-back-to-school/

Updated August 28, 2023
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When Sophie gets angry--really, really angry...
Bang, Molly.
Paper Book
This beautifully designed book tells the story of a little girl named Sophie, who learns that it's okay to be angry.Everybody gets angry sometimes. For children, anger can be very upsetting. Parents, teachers, and children can talk about it. People do lots of different things when they get angry. In...
You will be my friend!
Brown, Peter
Paper Book
From #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wild Robot comes a cheerful story about persistence and friendship Today is the day the exuberant Lucy is going to make a new friend! But she finds it's harder than she...
I promise
James, LeBron
Paper Book
An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! An Instant Indie Bestseller!  *An Amazon Best Book of the Year * A B&N Best Book of the Year* A great gift for tiny go-getters and big dreamers, including for back to school! NBA champion and superstar LeBron James pens...
Kindness is my superpower : a children's book about empathy, kindness and compassion
Ortego, Alicia
Paper Book
Teach your children the power of Kindness, one of the most important skills a child can learn. Are you one of 90 percent of parents, saying that their top priorities for their kids is to be caring? This makes sense: Kindness and concern for others are held as moral...
Your name is a song
Thompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah
Paper Book
Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a little girl tells her mother she never wants to come back to school. In response, the girl's mother teaches her about the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx, and Middle Eastern names on their...
The year we learned to fly
Woodson, Jacqueline
Paper Book
Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael López's highly anticipated companion to their #1 New York Times bestseller The Day You Begin illuminates the power in each of us to face challenges with confidence. On a dreary, stuck-inside kind of day, a brother and sister heed their...

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