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Back To School: 10 Books To Get Your Kids Ready

First Posted: 08/15/11 11:15 AM ET   Updated: 10/15/11 06:12 AM ET

Whether your children are headed to preschool for the first time, entering kindergarten, about to test the waters of junior high or off to high school, it's pretty much the norm for tummies to be filled with butterflies.

Help ease their nerves -- and get them excited -- with some great books as summer nears its end. Here are 10 books about starting school that will help make the transition as smooth as possible and help make going back to school seem cool.

I Am Too Absolutely Small for School (2005)
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by Lauren Child
In this book based on the popular "Charlie and Lola" series, big brother Charlie tries to convince little sis Lola she really is big enough to go to school, even though Lola insists "I am too extremely busy doing important things at home."
Ages 4 to 8.
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Whether your children are headed to preschool for the first time, entering kindergarten, about to test the waters of junior high or off to high school, it's pretty much the norm for tummies to be fill...
Whether your children are headed to preschool for the first time, entering kindergarten, about to test the waters of junior high or off to high school, it's pretty much the norm for tummies to be fill...
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Nina Kidd
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03:43 PM on 08/16/2011
LOL!
And I really did! Your list of ten books to help kids get ready for school and calm their butterflies (according to the intro.) was "fine" until I got near the end: Robert Cormier's The Chocolate Wars. Whaaat? It's a fabulous book, but you'd better check your book editor's creds. on this one!
Your submission had me somewhere between grins and tears the rest of the day.
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