Books that Reflect School Experiences

Picture Books & Early Readers

Salat in Secret

Everyone Loves Lunchtime but Zia

The Name Jar

The New Kid Welcome/Welcome the New Kid

KINDergarten

Sorry, Grown-Ups, You Can't Go to School!

All Are Welcome (An All Are Welcome Book)

My First Day

Nana Akua Goes to School

Quiet Please, Owen McPhee!

I Love My Teacher!

Becoming Vanessa

Bird Boy (An Inclusive Children's Book)

School Day!

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KINDergarten by Vera Ahiyya, illustrated by Joey Chou

All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold, illustrated by Suzanne Kaufman

My First Day by Phùng Nguyên Quang, Huynh Thi Kim Liên

Nana Akua’s Goes to School by Tricia Elam Walker, illustrated by April Harrison

Middle-Grade

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Stuck

The Boy at the Back of the Class

Property of the Rebel Librarian

Shine!

Elfie Unperfect

Because of Mr. Terupt

The Friendship War

The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary

My Life as a Potato

Solving for M

Shelter

Operation Frog Effect

Jake the Fake Keeps it Real

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Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf

Property of the Rebel Librarian by Allison Varnes

Shine! by J. J. and Chris Grabenstein

Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea

Shelter by Christie Matheson

Young Adult

Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshman

Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim

In the Wild Light

Full Disclosure

Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love

Smoke

Lucy and Linh

The Lucky Ones

We Regret to Inform You

The Feminist Agenda of Jemima Kincaid

Holding Up the Universe

Admission

The Assignment

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Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven

Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim by Patricia Park