10 Great Back To Schools Books

Here are 10 perfect book to read with your kids:

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

By Mark Teague

When it is his turn to tell the class what he did over his summer vacation, a little boy named Wallace tells an amazing tale.  On the way to stay with his aunt Fern, he is captured by some cowboys.  He then spends the summer living the cowboy life with his new friend before finally making back to his aunt Fern’s house.

If You Take a Mouse to School

By Laura Numeroff

Bringing a mouse to school might seem like a great idea for a little boy, but it is not.  In this silly adventure, one boy learns the hard way as soon discovers the mouse loves school.

Sideways Stories from the Wayside School

By Louis Sachar

The first in a trilogy of chapter books, this fun book takes place in a most unusual school that is thirty stories tall, with one classroom on each floor. Your kids will laugh through this fun book with silliness on every floor.

The Teacher from the Black Lagoon

By Mike Thaler and Jared Lee

The first in a silly book series, a boy falls asleep on his first day of school and dreams he is assigned to Mrs. Green’s class.  But soon discovers his dream is a nightmare an Mrs. Green is a monster with a tail and smoke coming out over her nostrils. When he finally wakes, he discovers Mrs. Green is a regular teacher and nothing to be scared of.

Monsters Love School

By Mike Austin

This hilarious picture book follows a group of monsters on their first day of Monster School after the summer.  They start out scared, but by the end the monsters learn how fun school can be. 

Amelia Bedelia Goes Back to School

By Herman Parish

In this hilarious installment of Amelia Bedelia, the confused housekeeper goes back to school.  Now the teacher will discover her ridiculous antics as she takes everything literally.

How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?

By Jane Yolen

The popular Dinosaurs series is back – and now they are going to school.  In this silly rhyming tale, the Dinosaurs show the readers how not to act in school.

Back-to-School Rules

By Laurie B. Friedman

This adorable picture book Percy Isaac Gifford shares his wisdom of school with the readers by giving ten simple things every child should know not to do when they go to school.  This fun book is a rhyming delight for children or all ages.

Arthur’s Teacher Trouble

By Marc Brown

The first day of school is always exciting.  But when Arthur goes back to start 3^rd grade, he discovers he has the toughest teacher in the school.  Now he has to study extra hard and see if he can beat last year’s champion speller.

Miss Nelson is Missing!

By Harry G. Allard Jr. and James Marshall

In this classic book, the kids in Miss Nelson’s class are always misbehaving.  But they soon regret their ways when Miss Nelson disappears and is replaced with the scary, substitute teacher Miss Viola Swamp.  They have to work together to straighten up to get Miss Nelson back.

Written by Benjamin Ellefson, who is an avid reader and author of the children’s book The Land without Color. Learn more at http://www.benjaminellefson.com/Land-without-Color/