Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

Third grader Judy Moody is in a first day of school bad mood until she gets an assignment to create a collage all about herself and begins creating her masterpiece, the Me collage.

Amelia Bedelia, a literal-minded first-grader, finds her first day of school filled with confusing adventures--much to her delight.

Baby Duck experiences the fear of the first day of school, but with a little help from Grampa, everything turns out okay in the end.

It's almost the first day of school, and kids all over town are getting ready for it. Anticipationa and excitement are in the air as they head off to school, where they discover just how much fun kindergarten really is.

Sea monster Ernest is starting his first day of school. But starting school is a big job! Fitting in when you're a sea monster is tough enough, and there's so much to learn and do: reading, singing, playing hide-and-seek with the fishermen, lunchtime in the algae patch.

As a new school year begins, a young girl is filled with school spirit as she zips her book bag shut, rides the bus, enjoys her classes, and eagerly anticipates the next day.

Before Kyle rides a school bus for the first time, his older brother gives him a list of rules he must follow but after breaking every single one the first day, Kyle discovers the rule his brother left out.

Afraid of being left alone, Rotten Ralph, the nasty red cat, follows Sarah to school and tries to prevent her from making new friends.

Penny's excitement over the start of first grade turns to sadness when she and her best friend are placed in different classrooms, but they make the best of it--and some new friends--in this poem based on "The Night Before Christmas."

Dexter knows everything there is to know about kindergarten and is not at all scared about his first day there, but his stuffed dog, Buster, is very nervous.