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?"--

Jim's anxieties on his first day of school are happily forgotten when he makes a new friend.

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

Marco the bird is eager to start school because he wants to learn how to reach the moon, and although he does not accomplish that on his first day, he does make a new friend.

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

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

Oliver and Dad have spent a fun summer together but when it comes time for the first day of school, Dad discovers that he is not ready and does everything he can to postpone the big day.

"It's the first day of school at Frederick Douglass Elementary and everyone's just a little bit nervous, especially the school itself"--

Rhyming text describes the activities a child experiences on the first day of kindergarten.