Posey's fear of starting first grade is alleviated when her teacher invites the students to wear their most comfortable clothes to school on the first day.

"It's the first day of school, and Gabby can't wait to tell the fairies all about it. She even met a new friend who loves fairies as much as she does! But what will the Never Girls do when a fairy goes missing in Gabby's new classroom?"--

When Lola is worried about starting school, her older brother Charlie reassures her.

Mr. Fish recalls how, on his very first day of school, he anxiously went to one classroom after another watching students do things he could not, until Miss Hewitt showed him to the room that was right for beginners.

When he goes to school, Mouse finds a world of new objects and new friends.

On the first day of school, Henry the cat vies for the attention of the most amazing girl in class, Chloe Rabbit.

First-grader Haley wishes she were back having fun in kindergarten with her old teacher, until she finds out that first-grade is special, too.

Everything goes wrong for eleven-year-old Artie on his first day at Ardmore Middle School, from the moment his alarm goes off until the next morning, when everything is repeated exactly the same way.

On the first day of school, a young panda learns about the special things his animal classmates can do.

A child describes the events of the first day of school, from making sandwiches for lunch to holding a parent's hand on the walk home.