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Chrysanthemum
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First Day Jitters
View on AmazonThere's a bit of a surprise to this book, which may or may not serve your purposes. If your kids might benefit from knowing that not just kids, but teachers, too, get nervous about starting school, then this is your book. The illustrations are lively.
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Wipe Clean: Starting School Workbook
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Phonics for Kindergarten
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The Berenstain Bears Go to School
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Kindergarten, Here I Come!
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Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten
View on AmazonA rhyming book that also reinforces the alphabet as Miss Bindergarten and her 26 students (whose names begin with each letter of the alphabet) prepare for the first day of school.
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My Book of Rhyming Words
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Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes
View on AmazonThis story, which follows Pete as he discovers the varied parts of his school, has a similar message to other Pete the Cat books: No matter what comes your way, keep grooving on "because it's all good."
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Ramona the Pest
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My Book of Numbers 1-30
View on AmazonBoth the praise and complaints for these early Kumon workbooks seems to run in the same vein: They offer lots of repetition. I found this one about numbers to be just right for teaching my 6-year-olds to form the numerals. Most of our number-sense learning was done with manipulatives, as it should be at this age, but the workbook also helped by reinforcing ordering and counting skills.
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Wipe Clean: My Big Activity Workbook
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The Beginner’s Bible
View on AmazonThis book is great as a first Bible for kids to read on their own. I wouldn't choose it as a read-aloud (there are better options for reading to preschoolers, like this or this, and personally I find the illustrations unappealing), but for a budding reader, I know of no better. Some of the stories are also available as individual I Can Read! books -- we have Joseph and His Brothers -- in case reading a Bible cover to cover is too intimidating to start.
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My First Book of Cutting
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Wipe Clean: Early Learning Activity Book
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Wipe Clean: Everyday Math Workbook
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Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
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Learn to Read Activity Book
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Now We Are Six
View on AmazonAnother collection of enchanting poems by Milne, some featuring Winnie-the-Pooh!

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