Back To School
Start the year off right with these school stories from Simon & Schuster!
1.
The Handiest Things in the World
By: Andrew Clements
Illustrated by: Raquel Jaramillo
This edition: Hardcover, 48 pages
Publication date: May 25, 2010
Ages: 4 - 8
2.
Lost and Found
By: Andrew Clements
Cover By: Brian Selznick / Illustrated by: Mark Elliott
This edition: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Publication date: May 18, 2010
Ages: 8 - 12
The Grayson twins are moving to a new town. Again. Although it's a drag to be constantly mistaken for each other, in truth, during those first days at a new school, there's nothing better than having a twin brother there with...
3.
We the Children
(Part of Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School)
By: Andrew Clements
Illustrated by: Adam Stower
This edition: Hardcover, 160 pages
Publication date: April 6, 2010
Ages: 7 - 10
Benjamin Pratt’s school is about to become the site of a new amusement park. It sounds like a dream come true! But lately, Ben has been wondering if he’s going to like an amusement park in the middle of his town—with all...
4.
No Talking
By: Andrew Clements
Cover By: Brian Selznick / Illustrated by: Mark Elliott
This edition: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publication date: June 23, 2009
Ages: 8 - 12
"You have the right to remain silent." However...The fifth-grade girls and the fifth-grade boys at Laketon Elementary don't get along very well. But the real problem is that these kids are loud and disorderly. That's why the...
5.
Extra Credit
By: Andrew Clements
Cover By: Brian Selznick / Illustrated by: Mark Elliott
This edition: Hardcover, 192 pages
Publication date: June 23, 2009
Ages: 8 - 12
It isn't that Abby Carson can't do her schoolwork, it's just that she doesn't like doing it. And that means she's pretty much failing sixth grade. When a warning letter is sent home, Abby realizes that all her slacking off...
6.
School Bugs
An Elementary Pop-up Book by David A. Carter
By: David A. Carter
Illustrated by: David A. Carter
This edition: Novelty, 20 pages
Publication date: June 23, 2009
Ages: above 3
We're ready for school. We're on our way. We can't wait to see what we'll learn today! Who’s heading to school? The Bugs, of course! From the Spelling Bees and the Counting Bugs to the Sandwich Bug with a big bug surprise in...
7.
First Day of School
A Lift-the-Flap Story (Part of Dora the Explorer)
Adapted by: Jorge Aguirre / Illustrated by: Victoria Miller
This edition: Trade Paperback, 16 pages
Publication date: June 23, 2009
Ages: 3 - 7
This Dora the Explorer lift-the-flap story is perfect for back-to-school! Boots and Tico are super excited because it's their first day of school. At school, Boots gets to learn Spanish and Tico gets to learn English. Readers...
8.
Return of the Homework Machine
By: Dan Gutman
Cover By: Dan Santat
This edition: Hardcover, 176 pages
Publication date: June 2, 2009
Ages: 8 - 12
Snik, Brenton, Judy, and Kelsey haven't stayed in the best touch since last year's big homework-machine scandal. But they are all pulled back together again when Brenton realizes that the most powerful part of the machine --...
Other Formats: eBook
9.
What I Did on My Summer Vacation
40 Funny Poems About Summer Adventures and Misadventures
By: Bruce Lansky
Edited By: Bruce Lansky / Illustrated by: Stephen Carpenter
This edition: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
Publication date: March 3, 2009
Ages: 6 - 9
Another first for Bruce Lansky: the first funny poetry book about summer vacation! It will entertain kids all summer, whether they’re away at camp, traveling cross country in a hybrid or staying home with a bookshelf...
10.
My Little Backpack
By: Nathan Reed
Illustrated by: Nathan Reed
This edition: Board Book, 10 pages
Publication date: July 1, 2008
Ages: 3 - 5
Have fun getting ready for school with this backpack in a book! My Little Backpack comes complete with four fantastic touch-and-feel press-out board play pieces: a marker, a book, an orange and a ruler. All pieces punch-out...
11.
Hooray for School!
Going to School with Nick Jr.
By: Brooke Lindner
Illustrated by: Susan Hall
This edition: Trade Paperback, 16 pages
Publication date: July 1, 2008
Ages: 3 - 7
Join Dora, Diego, the Backyardigans, and Blue, as they get ready for the first day of school! Learn about all of the great things to do at school with your friends at Nick Jr.! Includes more than 40 stickers and a removable...
12.
Room One
A Mystery or Two
By: Andrew Clements
Cover By: Brian Selznick / Illustrated by: Mark Elliott
This edition: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Publication date: May 20, 2008
Ages: 8 - 12
Ted Hammond loves a good mystery, and in the spring of his fifth-grade year, he's working on a big one. How can his school in the little town of Plattsford stay open next year if there are going to be only five students? Out...
13.
First Day
By: Joan Rankin
Illustrated by: Joan Rankin
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: November 28, 2007
Ages: 4 - 7
It's the first day of school at Yappy Puppy Play School and Haybillybun is not so sure he wants to go. What if the other kids make fun of his fluffy feet? Or his long name? Can't his mother go in his place and he'll stay at...
14.
Head of the Class
Frindle; The Landry News; The Janitor's Boy
By: Andrew Clements
Illustrated by: Brian Selznick
This edition: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
Publication date: October 2, 2007
Ages: 8 - 12
Andrew Clements has been hailed by the New York Times as "a proven master at depicting the quirky details of grade school life." His books have won countless state awards and have appeared on New York Times bestseller lists....
15.
Jake Drake, Class Clown
(Part of Jake Drake)
By: Andrew Clements
Illustrated by: Dolores Avendaño
This edition: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
Publication date: September 11, 2007
Ages: 7 - 10
Knock, knock. Who's there? Jake. Jake who? Jake Drake, Class Clown.Miss Bruce is the new student teacher in second grade, and she never smiles. Never. But when Jake cracks up the class during a spelling bee, he sees the...
Other Formats: Hardcover
16.
Jake Drake, Teacher's Pet
(Part of Jake Drake)
By: Andrew Clements
Illustrated by: Dolores Avendaño
This edition: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
Publication date: July 24, 2007
Ages: 7 - 10
Mrs. Snavin looked right past all those waving hands. She looked right at me and she smiled and said, "I think I'll have Jake take it." Then Mrs. Snavin said, "but be sure to hurry right back, Jake, because we're going to work...
17.
Lunch Money
By: Andrew Clements
Cover By: Brian Selznick / Illustrated by: Brian Selznick
This edition: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
Publication date: June 26, 2007
Ages: 8 - 12
MEET GREG KENTON, BILLIONAIRE IN THE MAKING.Greg Kenton has two obsessions -- making money and his long-standing competition with his annoying neighbor, Maura Shaw. So when Greg discovers that Maura is cutting into his booming...
Other Formats: Hardcover
18.
The Homework Machine
By: Dan Gutman
Cover By: Dan Santat
This edition: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
Publication date: June 26, 2007
Ages: 8 - 12
Doing homework becomes a thing of the past!Meet the D Squad, a foursome of fifth graders at the Grand Canyon School made up of a geek, a class clown, a teacher's pet, and a slacker. They are bound together by one very big...
19.
Max & Mo's First Day at School
(Part of Ready-to-Reads)
By: Patricia Lakin
Illustrated by: Brian Floca
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: June 26, 2007
Ages: 4 - 6
In a series of adorable Level 1 Ready-to-Reads, award-winning author Patricia Lakin and the ever-talented Brian Floca tell the story of two hamsters who live in a classroom as pets. Mo, a hamster who likes to know things, and...
20.
Jake Drake, Know-It-All
(Part of Jake Drake)
By: Andrew Clements
Illustrated by: Dolores Avendaño
This edition: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
Publication date: June 26, 2007
Ages: 7 - 10
MEET JAKE DRAKE,KNOW-IT-ALLJake Drake is excited about Despres Elementary School's first science fair. He wants to win the grand prize: a brand-new Hyper-Cross-Functional Bluntium Twelve computer system. And he really wants to...
21.
Jake Drake, Bully Buster
(Part of Jake Drake)
By: Andrew Clements
Cover By: Dolores Avendaño / Illustrated by: Amanda Harvey
This edition: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
Publication date: June 26, 2007
Ages: 7 - 10
MEET JAKE DRAKE,BULLY BUSTER.When Jake was three years old at Miss Lulu's Dainty Diaper Day Care Center, what did he know about bullies? Nothing. But he learned fast! Why? Because Jake was kind of smart and not a tattletale,...
Other Formats: Hardcover
22.
Amelia's School Survival Guide
(Part of Amelia)
By: Marissa Moss
Illustrated by: Marissa Moss
This edition: Paper Over Board, 64 pages
Publication date: June 20, 2006
Ages: 7 - 10
'To resuscitate your brain after lethal lectures have bored it to death, take DEEP breaths and think of knock-knock jokes. Slowly but surely, your brain will revive.'Amelia's back at school and has developed a whole range of...
23.
Get Ready for School
Book and CD (Part of Scribble & Sing)
By: Sonia Sander and Marcie Aboff
Illustrated by: Steve Harpster
This edition: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
Publication date: June 20, 2006
Ages: 3 - 6
Dear Parents,Inside this book is a safe space for creativity. Encourage your children to scrawl funny doodles, sketch silly squiggles, and jot multicolored blobs. They can use the coloring images as jumping-off points, or make...
24.
Back to School (Boxed Set)
School Story; The Report Card; A Week in the Woods
By: Andrew Clements
Illustrator (Cover): Brian Selznick
This edition: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
Publication date: May 23, 2006
Ages: 8 - 12
Andrew Clements is the undisputed master of the school story. His kid-friendly humor and keen and empathetic understanding of middle-grade life and classroom dynamics have propelled his books onto both bestseller and state...
25.
The Report Card
By: Andrew Clements
Cover By: Brian Selznick
This edition: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Publication date: December 20, 2005
Ages: 8 - 12
SHHHHHNora Rose Rowley is a genius, but don't tell anyone. She's managed to make it to the fifth grade without anyone figuring out that she's not just an ordinary kid, and she wants to keep it that way.But then Nora gets fed...
Other Formats: Hardcover
26.
The First Day of School
(Part of Robin Hill School)
By: Margaret McNamara
Illustrated by: Mike Gordon
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: June 21, 2005
Ages: 4 - 6
It's almost the first day of first grade, and Michael can't wait. That is, until he discovers that his puppy, Cookie, can't join him. But when he learns that bringing Cookie means she wouldn't be just his anymore, he decides...
Other Formats: Library Binding
27.
Dora Goes to School
(Part of Dora the Explorer)
Adapted by: Leslie Valdes / Illustrated by: Robert Roper
This edition: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
Publication date: June 29, 2004
Ages: 3 - 7
Dora and Boots see their teacher riding her bike on the way to school. But the bike gets a flat tire, and the teacher needs to get to school before her students! Will Dora and Boots save the school day? Find out in this...
28.
I Am NOT Going to School Today!
By: Robie H. Harris
Illustrated by: Jan Ormerod
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: July 1, 2003
Ages: 4 - 8
"I closed my eyes and held on tight to Hank. That's when I decided that going to the very first day of school was NOT a good idea."When a child gets ready for the first day of school, it feels very exciting. But doing...
29.
Mouse's First Day of School
By: Lauren Thompson
Illustrated by: Buket Erdogan
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: July 1, 2003
Ages: 2 - 6
Mouse decides to hide inside a bright red backpack...and ends up at school! As he explores this place full of colors, letters, and numbers, Mouse discovers a world beyond his imagination--and makes some friends along the way....
Other Formats: Board Book
30.
What Teachers Can't Do
By: Douglas Wood
Illustrated by: Doug Cushman
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: June 1, 2002
Ages: 3 - 8
There are lots of things that regular people can do, but teachers can't. Teachers can't ride a bike or scooter to school. And they can never be tardy. Teachers can't buy their own apples. And they can't teach their best...
31.
Jake Drake, Class Clown
(Part of Jake Drake)
By: Andrew Clements
Illustrated by: Dolores Avendaño
This edition: Hardcover, 80 pages
Publication date: February 1, 2002
Ages: 7 - 10
Knock, knock. Who's there? Jake. Jake who? Jake Drake, Class Clown.Miss Bruce is the new student teacher in second grade, and she never smiles. Never. But when Jake cracks up the class during a spelling bee, he sees the...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
32.
Jake Drake, Bully Buster
(Part of Jake Drake)
By: Andrew Clements
Cover By: Dolores Avendaño / Illustrated by: Amanda Harvey
This edition: Hardcover, 80 pages
Publication date: April 1, 2001
Ages: 7 - 10
MEET JAKE DRAKE,BULLY BUSTER.When Jake was three years old at Miss Lulu's Dainty Diaper Day Care Center, what did he know about bullies? Nothing. But he learned fast! Why? Because Jake was kind of smart and not a tattletale,...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
33.
Frindle
By: Andrew Clements
Illustrated by: Brian Selznick
This edition: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
Publication date: November 4, 1999
Ages: 8 - 12
Is Nick Allen a troublemaker?He really just likes to liven things up at school -- and he's always had plenty of great ideas. When Nick learns some interesting information about how words are created, suddenly he's got the...
